How to Install and Uninstall exim4 Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "exim4" package

Please follow the steps below to install exim4 on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                exim4
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "exim4" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall exim4 on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                exim4
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the exim4 package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: exim4
Architecture: all
Version: 4.94-15ubuntu1.2
Priority: optional
Section: mail
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Exim4 Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 27
Depends: debconf (>= 1.4.69) | cdebconf (>= 0.39), exim4-base (<< 4.94-15ubuntu1.2.1), exim4-base (>= 4.94-15ubuntu1.2), exim4-daemon-light (>= 4.94-15ubuntu1.2) | exim4-daemon-heavy (>= 4.94-15ubuntu1.2) | exim4-daemon-custom (>= 4.94-15ubuntu1.2), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Filename: pool/main/e/exim4/exim4_4.94-15ubuntu1.2_all.deb
Size: 7228
MD5sum: 5d627d09fcf19dbb149b9be0f7dd8e60
SHA1: 39f6cae8a1b380ca941bd318d37a6db1a51e56bb
SHA256: 79e4723f22efdec01e66544dbe7f9561d3c42bb37496f73489eee4a6c1e87581
SHA512: c5ae0527e3e55ab0cd21788e034a60e113eeecdacb75c8531ac3e8588de862bde6a115403c4c41dbe464dbe23b8e334d5458f6c82a2b1579a1ad905e752c554d
Homepage: https://www.exim.org/
Description-en: metapackage to ease Exim MTA (v4) installation
Exim (v4) is a mail transport agent. exim4 is the metapackage depending
on the essential components for a basic exim4 installation.
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The Debian exim4 packages have their own web page,
http://wiki.debian.org/PkgExim4. There is also a Debian-specific
FAQ list. Information about the way the Debian packages are
configured can be found in
/usr/share/doc/exim4-base/README.Debian.gz, which additionally contains
information about the way the Debian binary packages are built. The
very extensive upstream documentation is shipped in
/usr/share/doc/exim4-base/spec.txt.gz. To repeat the debconf-driven
configuration process in a standard setup, invoke dpkg-reconfigure
exim4-config. There is a Debian-centered mailing list,
[email protected]. Please ask Debian-specific
questions there, and only write to the upstream exim-users mailing
list if you are sure that your question is not Debian-specific. You
can find the subscription web page on
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-exim4-users
Description-md5: 458592f74d76e446735736c1d55ce615

Package: exim4
Architecture: all
Version: 4.94-15ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: mail
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Exim4 Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 27
Depends: debconf (>= 1.4.69) | cdebconf (>= 0.39), exim4-base (<< 4.94-15ubuntu1.1), exim4-base (>= 4.94-15ubuntu1), exim4-daemon-light (>= 4.94-15ubuntu1) | exim4-daemon-heavy (>= 4.94-15ubuntu1) | exim4-daemon-custom (>= 4.94-15ubuntu1), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Filename: pool/main/e/exim4/exim4_4.94-15ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 7224
MD5sum: 57da257dd19e4833a983997a70ad4145
SHA1: f57779615bbe677048a877e24212f1d19079528d
SHA256: 2e65a6e02b9b0fd77a073fba4e039a48dffb5cd561fef40c530bff042fc79f4f
SHA512: f6197e12eb1be7602666c2bcf6e78b59b62f5e1a7fb6575bd5a1ff7c59333b629797212984afca96962b6dddf013d2ebcb4fccaddde6dca9221ef68ef655ea63
Homepage: https://www.exim.org/
Description-en: metapackage to ease Exim MTA (v4) installation
Exim (v4) is a mail transport agent. exim4 is the metapackage depending
on the essential components for a basic exim4 installation.
.
The Debian exim4 packages have their own web page,
http://wiki.debian.org/PkgExim4. There is also a Debian-specific
FAQ list. Information about the way the Debian packages are
configured can be found in
/usr/share/doc/exim4-base/README.Debian.gz, which additionally contains
information about the way the Debian binary packages are built. The
very extensive upstream documentation is shipped in
/usr/share/doc/exim4-base/spec.txt.gz. To repeat the debconf-driven
configuration process in a standard setup, invoke dpkg-reconfigure
exim4-config. There is a Debian-centered mailing list,
[email protected]. Please ask Debian-specific
questions there, and only write to the upstream exim-users mailing
list if you are sure that your question is not Debian-specific. You
can find the subscription web page on
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-exim4-users
Description-md5: 458592f74d76e446735736c1d55ce615