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

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "opensmtpd" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install opensmtpd on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall opensmtpd on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


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

Package: opensmtpd
Version: 6.8.0p2-3
Installed-Size: 1107
Maintainer: Ryan Kavanagh
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: mail-transport-agent
Provides: mail-transport-agent
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.26), libcrypt1 (>= 1:4.1.0), libdb5.3, libevent-2.1-7 (>= 2.1.8-stable), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, adduser, ed, lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Recommends: opensmtpd-extras
Suggests: ca-certificates
Conflicts: mail-transport-agent, sendmail-base
Breaks: opensmtpd-extras (<< 6.6.0)
Description: secure, reliable, lean, and easy-to configure SMTP server
Description-md5: be8df8944be13df6be34d92bf71cf048
Homepage: https://www.opensmtpd.org/
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/o/opensmtpd/opensmtpd_6.8.0p2-3_amd64.deb
Size: 329152
MD5sum: 9a423c59569f3b3bb1bfff30ea9849d1
SHA256: 9dc96927058db7507e160957937df74115bf82b765ffa0ca5ee6a00421f50e07