How to Install and Uninstall msmtp Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: January 11,2025

You can also install and uninstall the msmtp on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "msmtp" package

This is a short guide on how to install msmtp on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall msmtp on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                msmtp
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the msmtp package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: msmtp
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.8.16-1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/mail
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Emmanuel Bouthenot
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 553
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgnutls30 (>= 3.7.0), libgsasl7 (>= 1.1), libsecret-1-0 (>= 0.7), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, adduser, ucf
Recommends: ca-certificates
Suggests: msmtp-mta
Conflicts: msmtp-gnome
Filename: pool/universe/m/msmtp/msmtp_1.8.16-1_amd64.deb
Size: 161494
MD5sum: 3380adaeb2fcce12265d2945fb816aa2
SHA1: 6e96770ac027e396641e1c96581eb348d0601b94
SHA256: 727fceafeacdc3fa0154dc547fff1a0327bf79d09730756e1e5b8df6acbe4e5b
SHA512: 700e911cb7d10e7bb3f84066b82318829a52b118ed0347ba46a27901c22de2a36060f774acbc6c77c6a9cb69435713105c2f24a1dd1994f4d6f6f4561bd0ad24
Homepage: https://marlam.de/msmtp/
Description: light SMTP client with support for server profiles
Description-md5: cb672817175b0fe547d71313e35a93e0