How to Install and Uninstall postfix Package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Last updated: May 05,2024

1. Install "postfix" package

This is a short guide on how to install postfix on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall postfix on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia):


    
        
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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 Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Package: postfix
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.6.4-1ubuntu1.3
Priority: optional
Section: mail
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: LaMont Jones
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4084
Provides: default-mta, mail-transport-agent
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libdb5.3, libicu70 (>= 70.1-1~), libnsl2 (>= 1.0), libsasl2-2 (>= 2.1.27+dfsg2), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0~~alpha1), 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, postfix-mta-sts-resolver, ufw, postfix-doc
Conflicts: mail-transport-agent, smail
Replaces: mail-transport-agent
Filename: pool/main/p/postfix/postfix_3.6.4-1ubuntu1.3_amd64.deb
Size: 1247980
MD5sum: 51a2e13c759b52d0b2844c8c554649b3
SHA1: f9f2e8a8da75de8dcdc05361cab053f660a03502
SHA256: bcc0080d178608df2f4a58c10460c0762a61066b3c686b61e2e21bf8520a4666
SHA512: 6794c953ce2d539710e00c6061aeff9de4531705016d9656a5dd664bc03512fe212adfc62223d6380341f1694aef43f5aa78d29ba78487e05b4610a996083918
Homepage: http://www.postfix.org
Description: High-performance mail transport agent
Description-md5: 98656fbf1bb45b53edd367037a2e5a90
Task: mail-server

Package: postfix
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.6.4-1ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: mail
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: LaMont Jones
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4082
Provides: default-mta, mail-transport-agent
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libdb5.3, libicu70 (>= 70.1-1~), libnsl2 (>= 1.0), libsasl2-2 (>= 2.1.27+dfsg2), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0~~alpha1), 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, postfix-mta-sts-resolver, ufw, postfix-doc
Conflicts: mail-transport-agent, smail
Replaces: mail-transport-agent
Filename: pool/main/p/postfix/postfix_3.6.4-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 1245140
MD5sum: 5dbf7a040e6a8d364b8bbd97a9a203ee
SHA1: b1caa08ff3df8dd0cc53f33d6ab303c927b049bf
SHA256: 27b3f661d3831d99a3541ce54488a88f3e11aeef1d7ba2e42dda1923720e9105
SHA512: 91504f00feb59308a6c24ac3bd4e2635e2b57e77582a99a0f5da4561694d206b84db5d215797517cc6ad92d8d003e0de3cf8033d61e3b06e09c0324081103f64
Homepage: http://www.postfix.org
Description: High-performance mail transport agent
Description-md5: 98656fbf1bb45b53edd367037a2e5a90
Task: mail-server