How to Install and Uninstall sendmail-base Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "sendmail-base" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install sendmail-base on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                sendmail-base
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "sendmail-base" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall sendmail-base on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: sendmail-base
Priority: extra
Section: universe/mail
Installed-Size: 849
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: all
Source: sendmail
Version: 8.15.2-3
Depends: m4, make, adduser, netbase, perl
Suggests: sendmail-doc, ca-certificates, logcheck, logrotate, resolvconf
Filename: pool/universe/s/sendmail/sendmail-base_8.15.2-3_all.deb
Size: 137898
MD5sum: 7de245af9d4a4b4215444814c495b169
SHA1: 618e1813a2c56134b816d41ff53affbd3cd2ef7f
SHA256: 6f5c3d444260a1be07c89a576e638baa5908d393013f156f9e79260ab0bfbf8b
Description-en: powerful, efficient, and scalable Mail Transport Agent (arch independent files)
Sendmail is an alternative Mail Transport Agent (MTA) for
Debian. It is suitable for handling sophisticated mail
configurations, although this means that its configuration
can also be complex.
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This package contains the base, architecture independent, portions
of the sendmail packages.
Description-md5: 1a36418cb6016085148007182cf41ed0
Homepage: http://www.sendmail.org
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu