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

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "sendmail" package

Learn how to install sendmail on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall sendmail on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


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

Package: sendmail
Architecture: all
Version: 8.15.2-10
Priority: extra
Section: universe/mail
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 231
Depends: sendmail-base, sendmail-bin, sendmail-cf, sensible-mda
Suggests: sendmail-doc, rmail
Filename: pool/universe/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.15.2-10_all.deb
Size: 6380
MD5sum: 358b1c42d5746e459e4043eaea0a1b7a
SHA1: 1ef92305213ce6ef6416c316221fa1189b904b38
SHA256: f8a0960127700c7e663502a6d195aeaf1ed6aa689de748bdddafaf8d32b08fc3
Homepage: http://www.sendmail.org
Description: powerful, efficient, and scalable Mail Transport Agent (metapackage)
Description-md5: e69729cf67242ae6cada371952833db0