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

Last updated: February 14,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "sendmail" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "sendmail" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall sendmail 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 sendmail package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: sendmail
Version: 8.17.1.9-2
Installed-Size: 224
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: all
Depends: sendmail-base, sendmail-bin, sendmail-cf, sensible-mda
Suggests: sendmail-doc, rmail
Description: powerful, efficient, and scalable Mail Transport Agent (metapackage)
Description-md5: bbd5bcb657e377a34338360f5cd6def0
Homepage: http://www.sendmail.org
Tag: interface::daemon, mail::smtp, mail::transport-agent, protocol::ipv6,
protocol::smtp, role::metapackage, role::program, works-with::mail
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.17.1.9-2_all.deb
Size: 216116
MD5sum: a128094ccff0964ace2654e95e7a5796
SHA256: 8e379843eff3d1d97d748f1df72baad211cd80a1bd12ea6173448b0bccbf6fae