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

Last updated: December 23,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "ssmtp" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install ssmtp on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "ssmtp" package

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

Package: ssmtp
Version: 2.64-11
Installed-Size: 2
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: mail-transport-agent
Provides: mail-transport-agent
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgnutls-openssl27 (>= 3.7.0), debconf | debconf-2.0
Conflicts: mail-transport-agent
Description: extremely simple MTA to get mail off the system to a mail hub
Description-md5: 1a0ad197e535fe60ac8fbc4d6ec74458
Homepage: https://packages.debian.org/source/unstable/ssmtp
Tag: interface::daemon, mail::transport-agent, network::server,
protocol::smtp, role::program, works-with::mail
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/ssmtp/ssmtp_2.64-11_amd64.deb
Size: 53820
MD5sum: 5ab5c72effe5a5952ab0f2bf7ce9b683
SHA256: 404dbbc1dfbe9946ca202f2326260ac3f34411acf1ed44cb98c2dd9b87bd93d7