How to Install and Uninstall postfix Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "postfix" package

Please follow the instructions below to install postfix on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall postfix on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: postfix
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.3.0-1ubuntu0.4
Priority: optional
Section: mail
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: LaMont Jones
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3982
Provides: default-mta, mail-transport-agent
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libdb5.3, libicu60 (>= 60.1-1~), libsasl2-2, libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), 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
Suggests: procmail, postfix-mysql, postfix-pgsql, postfix-ldap, postfix-pcre, postfix-lmdb, postfix-sqlite, sasl2-bin, libsasl2-modules, dovecot-common, resolvconf, postfix-cdb, mail-reader, ufw, postfix-doc
Conflicts: mail-transport-agent, smail
Replaces: mail-transport-agent
Filename: pool/main/p/postfix/postfix_3.3.0-1ubuntu0.4_amd64.deb
Size: 1147220
MD5sum: 268e2f721c31f9ac06be02fe8e5ddedf
SHA1: 70e3388954c8793a81d27fdf275070811c396fad
SHA256: 81bad36ca74360c55cca62e8a0aaa42737601f05a7bf70e82456bee42cdb33a6
SHA512: 29fb2158b81a5c910096614814eaa73997660691cad2837b991ec7982eff34efdc1bf49c2edd3338ae9c9c976d3cfe226731e5654f8c0758e6882cfb21d52965
Homepage: http://www.postfix.org
Description: High-performance mail transport agent
Description-md5: 98656fbf1bb45b53edd367037a2e5a90
Task: mail-server
Supported: 5y

Package: postfix
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.3.0-1
Priority: optional
Section: mail
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: LaMont Jones
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3980
Provides: default-mta, mail-transport-agent
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libdb5.3, libicu60 (>= 60.1-1~), libsasl2-2, libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), 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
Suggests: procmail, postfix-mysql, postfix-pgsql, postfix-ldap, postfix-pcre, postfix-lmdb, postfix-sqlite, sasl2-bin, libsasl2-modules, dovecot-common, resolvconf, postfix-cdb, mail-reader, ufw, postfix-doc
Conflicts: mail-transport-agent, smail
Replaces: mail-transport-agent
Filename: pool/main/p/postfix/postfix_3.3.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 1147572
MD5sum: f3f817b518efd1631cef5fb55fd162c6
SHA1: 14ab252bfa573d5e843bc28d6dc82944d649caaf
SHA256: dad488ae48bd49be900b211f06c2bd5d9e15c7519d20c511156e03f0627cc5f2
Homepage: http://www.postfix.org
Description: High-performance mail transport agent
Description-md5: 98656fbf1bb45b53edd367037a2e5a90
Task: mail-server
Supported: 5y