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

Last updated: May 05,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "postfix" package

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


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall postfix 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 postfix package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: postfix
Version: 3.7.10-0+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 4011
Maintainer: LaMont Jones
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: mail-transport-agent
Provides: mail-transport-agent
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libdb5.3, libicu72 (>= 72.1~rc-1~), libnsl2 (>= 1.0), libsasl2-2 (>= 2.1.28+dfsg), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, netbase, adduser (>= 3.48), dpkg (>= 1.8.3), ssl-cert, cpio, e2fsprogs
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Recommends: python3, ca-certificates
Suggests: procmail, postfix-mysql, postfix-pgsql, postfix-ldap, postfix-pcre, postfix-lmdb, postfix-sqlite, sasl2-bin | dovecot-common, libsasl2-modules | dovecot-common, resolvconf, postfix-cdb, mail-reader, postfix-mta-sts-resolver, ufw, postfix-doc
Conflicts: mail-transport-agent, smail
Description: High-performance mail transport agent
Description-md5: 98656fbf1bb45b53edd367037a2e5a90
Homepage: https://www.postfix.org
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::daemon, mail::smtp, mail::transport-agent,
network::server, protocol::smtp, role::program, works-with::mail
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/postfix/postfix_3.7.10-0+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 1507996
MD5sum: 3b13da56fbea55845b7003073bcdc524
SHA256: cec58c03cabf48cf9ba5de354fe4ed5e074cd002e4853c6c0b2fc9b7f2083684

Package: postfix
Version: 3.7.9-0+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 4004
Maintainer: LaMont Jones
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: mail-transport-agent
Provides: mail-transport-agent
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libdb5.3, libicu72 (>= 72.1~rc-1~), libnsl2 (>= 1.0), libsasl2-2 (>= 2.1.28+dfsg), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, netbase, adduser (>= 3.48), dpkg (>= 1.8.3), ssl-cert, cpio, e2fsprogs
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Recommends: python3, ca-certificates
Suggests: procmail, postfix-mysql, postfix-pgsql, postfix-ldap, postfix-pcre, postfix-lmdb, postfix-sqlite, sasl2-bin | dovecot-common, libsasl2-modules | dovecot-common, resolvconf, postfix-cdb, mail-reader, postfix-mta-sts-resolver, ufw, postfix-doc
Conflicts: mail-transport-agent, smail
Description: High-performance mail transport agent
Description-md5: 98656fbf1bb45b53edd367037a2e5a90
Homepage: https://www.postfix.org
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::daemon, mail::smtp, mail::transport-agent,
network::server, protocol::smtp, role::program, works-with::mail
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/postfix/postfix_3.7.9-0+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 1505320
SHA256: 9798d55cb827a497415db05c13d3b1ecd9a2523626db1e7cf1a67b802d1ca0c1