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

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "sendmail-base" package

Please follow the instructions below to install sendmail-base on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt install
            
                        
                sendmail-base
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "sendmail-base" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall sendmail-base on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                sendmail-base
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the sendmail-base package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: sendmail-base
Source: sendmail
Version: 8.17.1.9-2
Installed-Size: 840
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: all
Depends: m4, make, adduser, netbase, lockfile-progs, perl:any
Recommends: postfix-mta-sts-resolver
Suggests: sendmail-doc, ca-certificates, logcheck, logrotate, resolvconf
Description: powerful, efficient, and scalable Mail Transport Agent (arch independent files)
Description-md5: 1a36418cb6016085148007182cf41ed0
Homepage: http://www.sendmail.org
Tag: interface::daemon, mail::smtp, mail::transport-agent, protocol::ipv6,
protocol::smtp, role::app-data, role::program, works-with::mail
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/sendmail/sendmail-base_8.17.1.9-2_all.deb
Size: 336856
MD5sum: 88431f3ab2784d5d24650fecdf39903a
SHA256: 2e07252ac13e0c6744fdd0a0975a1953a6e4466df7b5c106335a762356732e0f