How to Install and Uninstall sendmail Package on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "sendmail" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install sendmail on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "sendmail" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall sendmail on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu):


    
        
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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 sendmail package on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Package: sendmail
Architecture: all
Version: 8.17.1.9-1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/mail
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 236
Depends: sendmail-base, sendmail-bin, sendmail-cf, sensible-mda
Suggests: sendmail-doc, rmail
Filename: pool/universe/s/sendmail/sendmail_8.17.1.9-1_all.deb
Size: 6424
MD5sum: e248b9cf4dcd325a0b194a92c05d716a
SHA1: 7dcf0735e1ecfce668f4608c7dae9ac14162fc43
SHA256: 94989b57b9bfc747a66f9e3b209762c32ba4bc228548587eb7674b1ed62218cd
SHA512: 0e2b99b19643cd32ab3831fecb867d251cddfa2adcbbcd344546c45eb96222a2281da32d5b262e34f3cd6b2b611771a30c0739b998365b0cd1a8ae53ed4a065d
Homepage: http://www.sendmail.org
Description: powerful, efficient, and scalable Mail Transport Agent (metapackage)
Description-md5: bbd5bcb657e377a34338360f5cd6def0