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

Last updated: May 11,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "opensmtpd" package

This tutorial shows how to install opensmtpd on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall opensmtpd on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: opensmtpd
Source: opensmtpd (6.8.0p2-4)
Version: 6.8.0p2-4+b4
Installed-Size: 1077
Maintainer: Ryan Kavanagh
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: mail-transport-agent
Provides: mail-transport-agent
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.36), libcrypt1 (>= 1:4.1.0), libdb5.3, libevent-2.1-7 (>= 2.1.8-stable), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, adduser, ed, lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Recommends: opensmtpd-extras
Suggests: ca-certificates
Conflicts: mail-transport-agent, sendmail-base
Breaks: opensmtpd-extras (<< 6.6.0)
Description: secure, reliable, lean, and easy-to configure SMTP server
Description-md5: be8df8944be13df6be34d92bf71cf048
Homepage: https://www.opensmtpd.org/
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/o/opensmtpd/opensmtpd_6.8.0p2-4+b4_amd64.deb
Size: 320736
MD5sum: 64416b53e11225edd36fd2f174a96951
SHA256: bc65da374dc50f4ea2ad16ae50a47f8d627f1a857be5f030df2228cf83b71874