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

Last updated: May 08,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "procmail" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install procmail on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "procmail" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall procmail 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 procmail package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: procmail
Version: 3.22-27
Installed-Size: 312
Maintainer: Santiago Vila
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33)
Recommends: default-mta | mail-transport-agent | fetchmail
Description: Versatile e-mail processor
Description-md5: 5fe1752f436b234d8c33cb0e7484299f
Homepage: http://www.procmail.org/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, mail::delivery-agent,
mail::filters, role::program, scope::utility, works-with::mail
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/procmail/procmail_3.22-27_amd64.deb
Size: 144392
MD5sum: 215e16ab40d16f7a004ebb5050b329f4
SHA256: 3ba52d1030048fa79f78fcaec0b57fa5baf4354a849028c581ec0fe7ddcf035f