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

Last updated: December 25,2024

You can also install and uninstall the opensmtpd 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 "opensmtpd" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install opensmtpd on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "opensmtpd" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall opensmtpd on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


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

Package: opensmtpd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.8.0p2-4build1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/mail
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ryan Kavanagh
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1033
Provides: mail-transport-agent
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libcrypt1 (>= 1:4.1.0), libdb5.3, libevent-2.1-7 (>= 2.1.8-stable), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0~~alpha1), 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_6.8.0p2-4build1_amd64.deb
Size: 357040
MD5sum: 9cc8ef07a57a2ed8e735150b5a5aba6d
SHA1: 8b8e65474a57943b0de036fc236514ac844e16c4
SHA256: 365f74c8850e35b3e0f5eece40cf77251c384d1331f07fe187ff44b035c2b884
SHA512: 2c932a32c63deb1a0e5af8a363569bdc99780c4fdea073f83f1cc44747afbe1ba8cdb98dedabc17374c7272fb22e88efc746abf63343682bae2402b9895a7048
Homepage: https://www.opensmtpd.org/
Description: secure, reliable, lean, and easy-to configure SMTP server
Description-md5: be8df8944be13df6be34d92bf71cf048