How to Install and Uninstall nullmailer Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "nullmailer" package

Please follow the steps below to install nullmailer on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall nullmailer on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                nullmailer
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the nullmailer package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: nullmailer
Priority: extra
Section: universe/mail
Installed-Size: 375
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Nick Leverton
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:1.13-1build1
Replaces: mail-transport-agent
Provides: mail-transport-agent
Depends: lsb-base, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.15), libgnutls30 (>= 3.4.2), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1)
Recommends: rsyslog | system-log-daemon
Conflicts: mail-transport-agent
Filename: pool/universe/n/nullmailer/nullmailer_1.13-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 82784
MD5sum: 804e378508420f9a63afcb23f4e116d4
SHA1: ebb90c20aa95ed4212886336e4ca7ac7475eca70
SHA256: 1d7a1636e2fde62cc7d0b8fa362664c8c439e7928f65f0436f1152f9871cf8a3
Description-en: simple relay-only mail transport agent
Nullmailer is a replacement MTA for hosts, which relay to a fixed set of
smart relays. It is designed to be simple to configure and especially
useful on slave machines and in chroots.
Description-md5: cf5bb13c21a01ffa34dc0048e9689c33
Homepage: http://untroubled.org/nullmailer/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu