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

Last updated: January 10,2025

1. Install "ssmtp" package

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


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall ssmtp on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


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

Package: ssmtp
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.64-8ubuntu2
Priority: extra
Section: universe/mail
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2
Provides: mail-transport-agent
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgnutls-openssl27 (>= 3.0-0), debconf | debconf-2.0
Conflicts: mail-transport-agent
Replaces: mail-transport-agent
Filename: pool/universe/s/ssmtp/ssmtp_2.64-8ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 41512
MD5sum: f3262b29741dddfaa0d96e763db2c960
SHA1: 6a031f3365f5af826f1c220bcb4714d9bd5bd637
SHA256: c9541271bb15c416d75c9908e4af4a3896414d6269c560a18a30f14a148e524a
Homepage: http://packages.qa.debian.org/s/ssmtp.html
Description: extremely simple MTA to get mail off the system to a mail hub
Description-md5: 1a0ad197e535fe60ac8fbc4d6ec74458