How to Install and Uninstall nmh Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: March 15,2025

You can also install and uninstall the nmh on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "nmh" package

This is a short guide on how to install nmh on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                nmh
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "nmh" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall nmh on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                nmh
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the nmh package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: nmh
Version: 1.8~RC2-2
Installed-Size: 7609
Maintainer: Alexander Zangerl
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: mh
Provides: mail-reader, mh
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.36), libcurl4 (>= 7.16.2), libdb5.3, liblockfile1 (>= 1.0), libreadline8 (>= 6.0), libsasl2-2 (>= 2.1.28+dfsg), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), libtinfo6 (>= 6), netbase (>= 3.16-1), mailcap, sensible-utils, libsasl2-modules
Recommends: default-mta | mail-transport-agent
Suggests: exmh, mh-e, mh-book, par, libmime-tools-perl, libmailtools-perl
Conflicts: mh
Description: set of electronic mail handling programs
Description-md5: 0fe4ac62551f8d845ccba50fec7f0625
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, interface::text-mode,
mail::pop, mail::smtp, mail::user-agent, network::client,
protocol::pop3, protocol::smtp, role::program, scope::application,
uitoolkit::ncurses, works-with::mail
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/nmh/nmh_1.8~RC2-2_amd64.deb
Size: 1489216
MD5sum: 107ee4b6273b7d6fa6edfd39ab23905a
SHA256: d03665cb0f13fd0af346648cafc3bb55f1076f1350015474aaff06aa3086e0d1