How to Install and Uninstall fetchmail Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "fetchmail" package

This is a short guide on how to install fetchmail on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall fetchmail on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                fetchmail
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fetchmail package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: fetchmail
Version: 6.4.16-4+deb11u1
Installed-Size: 822
Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: fetchmail-common, fetchmail-ssl
Provides: fetchmail-ssl
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libcom-err2 (>= 1.43.9), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.17), libkrb5-3 (>= 1.13~alpha1+dfsg), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), debianutils (>= 1.7), adduser (>= 3.34), lsb-base (>= 3.2-13)
Recommends: ca-certificates
Suggests: fetchmailconf, default-mta | mail-transport-agent, resolvconf
Conflicts: fetchmail-common
Breaks: fetchmail-ssl (<= 6.2.5-12), logcheck (<< 1.1.1-9)
Description: SSL enabled POP3, APOP, IMAP mail gatherer/forwarder
Description-md5: 05cb6c758ac9e6de53b36438f8f52a45
Homepage: http://www.fetchmail.info
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::daemon, mail::imap, mail::pop,
network::client, network::server, protocol::imap, protocol::pop3,
protocol::ssl, role::program, works-with::mail
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/fetchmail/fetchmail_6.4.16-4+deb11u1_amd64.deb
Size: 401968
MD5sum: 7c61537e73d0f0e57b405bbba7546477
SHA256: 0ce0a934de679625b14254dee468e9b35fe3979e1ff6272555acbfed88a1bee7