How to Install and Uninstall bsd-mailx Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "bsd-mailx" package

This tutorial shows how to install bsd-mailx on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                bsd-mailx
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "bsd-mailx" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall bsd-mailx on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                bsd-mailx
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bsd-mailx package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: bsd-mailx
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.1.2-0.20160123cvs-4
Priority: optional
Section: mail
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Robert Luberda
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 169
Provides: mail-reader, mailx
Depends: base-files (>= 2.2.0), default-mta | mail-transport-agent, libbsd0 (>= 0.2.0), libc6 (>= 2.17), liblockfile1 (>= 1.0)
Filename: pool/main/b/bsd-mailx/bsd-mailx_8.1.2-0.20160123cvs-4_amd64.deb
Size: 66006
MD5sum: 25d89a4300fc25ee2b96d2a37ce942f9
SHA1: 1b66368eb1ceaebf0901e1d2afaf3478f121a16b
SHA256: a561ef3d1b8f73ec0d4a0ffee09ee3e086996b726e8a926c84440b8bd733cca4
Description: simple mail user agent
Description-md5: e80062c2ba1e87064c776affd111f9bb
Task: mail-server
Supported: 5y