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

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "postfix" package

Please follow the steps below to install postfix on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall postfix on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


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

Package: postfix
Version: 3.5.13-0+deb11u1
Installed-Size: 4190
Maintainer: LaMont Jones
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: mail-transport-agent
Provides: mail-transport-agent
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libdb5.3, libicu67 (>= 67.1-1~), libnsl2 (>= 1.0), libsasl2-2 (>= 2.1.27+dfsg), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.1), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, netbase, adduser (>= 3.48), dpkg (>= 1.8.3), lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), ssl-cert, cpio, e2fsprogs
Recommends: python3, ca-certificates
Suggests: procmail, postfix-mysql, postfix-pgsql, postfix-ldap, postfix-pcre, postfix-lmdb, postfix-sqlite, sasl2-bin | dovecot-common, libsasl2-modules | dovecot-common, resolvconf, postfix-cdb, mail-reader, ufw, postfix-doc
Conflicts: mail-transport-agent, smail
Description: High-performance mail transport agent
Description-md5: 98656fbf1bb45b53edd367037a2e5a90
Homepage: http://www.postfix.org
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::daemon, mail::smtp, mail::transport-agent,
network::server, protocol::smtp, role::program, works-with::mail
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/postfix/postfix_3.5.13-0+deb11u1_amd64.deb
Size: 1549104
MD5sum: 0559b5537b98e182c556eac8fc1680d8
SHA256: 7afba209cba1d4701d97bae66e0776c25b431efc35b96aa02314b254662b8ad8