How to Install and Uninstall sendmail-base Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "sendmail-base" package

This tutorial shows how to install sendmail-base on Kali Linux


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall sendmail-base on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                sendmail-base
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the sendmail-base package on Kali Linux

Package: sendmail-base
Source: sendmail
Version: 8.18.1-1
Installed-Size: 843
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: all
Depends: m4, make, adduser, netbase, lockfile-progs, perl:any
Recommends: postfix-mta-sts-resolver
Suggests: sendmail-doc, ca-certificates, logcheck, logrotate, resolvconf
Size: 339400
SHA256: 29ed2e4ae01a821b6ab6268a85f38f37dd4115aa94656a819b8142b1b0e9375c
SHA1: f5ce9328cda52d3a83f23937db79079ce09312a0
MD5sum: 98e1a13b3380577671f6d7ea2434d65a
Description: powerful, efficient, and scalable Mail Transport Agent (arch independent files)
Sendmail is an alternative Mail Transport Agent (MTA) for
Debian. It is suitable for handling sophisticated mail
configurations, although this means that its configuration
can also be complex.
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This package contains the base, architecture independent, portions
of the sendmail packages.
Description-md5:
Homepage: http://www.sendmail.org
Tag: interface::daemon, mail::smtp, mail::transport-agent, protocol::ipv6,
protocol::smtp, role::app-data, role::program, works-with::mail
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/sendmail/sendmail-base_8.18.1-1_all.deb