How to Install and Uninstall opensmtpd Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "opensmtpd" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install opensmtpd on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Learn how to uninstall opensmtpd on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                opensmtpd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the opensmtpd package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: opensmtpd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.8.0p2-3
Priority: extra
Section: universe/mail
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ryan Kavanagh
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1130
Provides: mail-transport-agent
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.26), libcrypt1 (>= 1:4.1.0), libdb5.3, libevent-2.1-7 (>= 2.1.8-stable), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, adduser, ed, lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)
Recommends: opensmtpd-extras
Suggests: ca-certificates
Conflicts: mail-transport-agent, sendmail-base
Breaks: opensmtpd-extras (<< 6.6.0)
Replaces: mail-transport-agent
Filename: pool/universe/o/opensmtpd/opensmtpd_6.8.0p2-3_amd64.deb
Size: 324112
MD5sum: d00584d586122fa16fb16ea699a935a2
SHA1: 2e02fc572a679dfe0f7ca1a10a666efa081665ac
SHA256: f967a8151dbe7cacfa93bc0f75690f6f4edb2d1ababf2da54b8cad3430f06a48
SHA512: 4f7f812cb8624b7c884a14a7f15de5bff8efff3bb15b7c627ec40045681f381b8f74ba2de8984cd129743f3e1be5e83af48966721c7807805e5abf51b13560ce
Homepage: https://www.opensmtpd.org/
Description-en: secure, reliable, lean, and easy-to configure SMTP server
The OpenSMTPD server seeks to be
* as secure as possible, and uses privilege separation to mitigate
possible security bugs
* as reliable as possible: any accepted email must not be lost
* lean: it covers typical usage cases instead of every obscure one
* easy to configure, with a configuration syntax reminiscent of the OpenBSD
Packet Filter's (PF)
* fast and efficient: it can handle large queues with reasonable performance
Description-md5: be8df8944be13df6be34d92bf71cf048