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

Last updated: December 29,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "sendmail-bin" package

This guide let you learn how to install sendmail-bin on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "sendmail-bin" package

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

Package: sendmail-bin
Source: sendmail
Version: 8.17.1.9-2
Installed-Size: 1876
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: mail-transport-agent
Provides: mail-transport-agent
Depends: sendmail-base (= 8.17.1.9-2), sendmail-cf (= 8.17.1.9-2), procps, libc6 (>= 2.34), libdb5.3, libldap-2.5-0 (>= 2.5.4), liblockfile1 (>= 1.0), libnsl2 (>= 1.0), libsasl2-2 (>= 2.1.28+dfsg), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), libwrap0 (>= 7.6-4~)
Pre-Depends: debconf, init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Suggests: sendmail-doc, sasl2-bin, libsasl2-modules, openssl
Conflicts: mail-transport-agent
Description: powerful, efficient, and scalable Mail Transport Agent
Description-md5: bedc851ae968a6d7605e8cd4d9ae887d
Homepage: http://www.sendmail.org
Tag: interface::daemon, mail::transport-agent, protocol::ipv6,
protocol::ldap, protocol::smtp, protocol::ssl, role::app-data,
role::program, scope::utility, works-with::db, works-with::mail
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/sendmail/sendmail-bin_8.17.1.9-2_amd64.deb
Size: 706676
MD5sum: 699fd500a6738713fe766f3d441c67c1
SHA256: 9ebb483943a16d7805753712c6db6f0c8681b8833d008e6f17d7d5f319ffa05e