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

Last updated: January 23,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "sendmail-cf" package

This is a short guide on how to install sendmail-cf on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                sendmail-cf
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "sendmail-cf" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                sendmail-cf
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the sendmail-cf package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: sendmail-cf
Source: sendmail
Version: 8.17.1.9-2
Installed-Size: 684
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: all
Depends: m4
Suggests: sendmail-doc
Description: powerful, efficient, and scalable Mail Transport Agent (config macros)
Description-md5: dcd64cc6905b5538138a4d2891c34d2a
Homepage: http://www.sendmail.org
Tag: admin::configuring, interface::daemon, mail::transport-agent,
protocol::ipv6, protocol::smtp, role::app-data, role::program,
use::configuring, works-with::mail
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/sendmail/sendmail-cf_8.17.1.9-2_all.deb
Size: 287360
MD5sum: 2d05e14ee7c0d2e3d346877f66eb115f
SHA256: 567cfb1109d120d243f955fd3abc6df4323f25fde2ad4eb846d8f0f424d14dfa