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

Last updated: February 23,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "postal" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install postal on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall postal 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 postal package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: postal
Version: 0.76+nmu1
Installed-Size: 214
Maintainer: Russell Coker
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libgnutls30 (>= 3.7.2), libstdc++6 (>= 11)
Description: SMTP benchmark - the mad postman.
Description-md5: 070f3dccb444359fa1053e25fee30177
Homepage: https://doc.coker.com.au/projects/postal/
Tag: admin::benchmarking, interface::commandline, mail::smtp, protocol::smtp,
role::program, scope::utility, use::transmission, works-with::mail
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/postal/postal_0.76+nmu1_amd64.deb
Size: 58680
MD5sum: 514e734db49732a5b9e270d45282a274
SHA256: 07f9cd129e474ae3e0a1f3cf06ccb849eacf42abaacb1f11be8c9fe9bc713693