How to Install and Uninstall postfix Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "postfix" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install postfix on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: postfix
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.8.5-1
Priority: optional
Section: mail
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: LaMont Jones
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4094
Provides: default-mta, mail-transport-agent
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libdb5.3, libicu74 (>= 74.1-1~), libnsl2 (>= 1.0), libsasl2-2 (>= 2.1.28+dfsg1), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, netbase, adduser (>= 3.48), dpkg (>= 1.8.3), 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_3.8.5-1_amd64.deb
Size: 1251760
MD5sum: dcb93ec0523d0e648f59170a69f6d865
SHA1: efb5e0560b8fa792278fcdcfd89260459cde79b9
SHA256: c591822490197d23c0637bff8124d2fd682edc2759ffc18da0f325e5df9918b6
SHA512: 409c0a4c379103bd946023cbe5c3c0ab7099eb3dd7275e5558403c5a21a6aa3647e02fef7966d82583d55a7ce3eab7d238b806b1022cd9f176e03c7e7c835428
Homepage: https://www.postfix.org
Description: High-performance mail transport agent
Description-md5: 98656fbf1bb45b53edd367037a2e5a90
Task: mail-server