How to Install and Uninstall postfix Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "postfix" package

This is a short guide on how to install postfix on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall postfix on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                postfix
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the postfix package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: postfix
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.8.1-2ubuntu0.2
Priority: optional
Section: mail
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: LaMont Jones
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4105
Provides: default-mta, mail-transport-agent
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libdb5.3, libicu72 (>= 72.1~rc-1~), libnsl2 (>= 1.0), libsasl2-2 (>= 2.1.28+dfsg1), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, netbase, adduser (>= 3.48), dpkg (>= 1.8.3), ssl-cert, cpio, e2fsprogs
Recommends: python3, ca-certificates
Suggests: procmail, postfix-mysql, postfix-pgsql, postfix-ldap, postfix-pcre, postfix-lmdb, postfix-sqlite, sasl2-bin | dovecot-common, libsasl2-modules | dovecot-common, resolvconf, postfix-cdb, mail-reader, postfix-mta-sts-resolver, ufw, postfix-doc
Conflicts: mail-transport-agent, smail
Replaces: mail-transport-agent
Filename: pool/main/p/postfix/postfix_3.8.1-2ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb
Size: 1258750
MD5sum: b3611af9b1af0bcf5159299e3558e9ef
SHA1: f5931607faba2a13add2f54fa2f4dbe451317871
SHA256: 23d5adfcebfc7d3ba37c22256b1f1aa1b956ec533c4028e5cb68349fccab29db
SHA512: d2d35722a55f0117fe0fdf9673d5b0c3b174ad4035bf98251098d3f365627b2bbc85cae144b6606573918373159cc4afa753aaba1c17b23431234a08b6d2f22a
Homepage: https://www.postfix.org
Description: High-performance mail transport agent
Description-md5: 98656fbf1bb45b53edd367037a2e5a90
Task: mail-server

Package: postfix
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.8.1-2
Priority: optional
Section: mail
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: LaMont Jones
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4111
Provides: default-mta, mail-transport-agent
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libdb5.3, libicu72 (>= 72.1~rc-1~), libnsl2 (>= 1.0), libsasl2-2 (>= 2.1.28+dfsg1), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, netbase, adduser (>= 3.48), dpkg (>= 1.8.3), ssl-cert, cpio, e2fsprogs
Recommends: python3, ca-certificates
Suggests: procmail, postfix-mysql, postfix-pgsql, postfix-ldap, postfix-pcre, postfix-lmdb, postfix-sqlite, sasl2-bin | dovecot-common, libsasl2-modules | dovecot-common, resolvconf, postfix-cdb, mail-reader, postfix-mta-sts-resolver, ufw, postfix-doc
Conflicts: mail-transport-agent, smail
Replaces: mail-transport-agent
Filename: pool/main/p/postfix/postfix_3.8.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 1260320
MD5sum: d7b37b946ff36188cd6e43e01c3fa702
SHA1: 59c66db52bc0d67386cda453a833eb9d8906b777
SHA256: 0f775351aa7455c0853819e4af93ce49c6f938bc82b280e8bf4ad0272fc2fe9e
SHA512: 8c8a99fed57979ebe58912ca605a4feef9623ec8aa9524227fc73b3c9884228a9fdb428290f39b82360e6d185b33296b4a604a2d7c5b45251cc52b41f8d7bceb
Homepage: https://www.postfix.org
Description: High-performance mail transport agent
Description-md5: 98656fbf1bb45b53edd367037a2e5a90
Task: mail-server