How To Install sensible-mda on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sensible-mda on Debian 12.
What is sensible-mda
sensible-mda is:
Sensible-mda is a Debian addition in the sendmail package and has been split out in hopes that it might be useful for other MTA packages.
Sensible-mda is called by the MTA, and will in turn call whichever of the following MDAs that it finds (in this order): procmail, maildrop, deliver, mail.local
There are three methods to install sensible-mda on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install sensible-mda Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sensible-mda using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sensible-mda
Install sensible-mda Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sensible-mda using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sensible-mda
Install sensible-mda Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install sensible-mda using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sensible-mda
How To Uninstall sensible-mda on Debian 12
To uninstall only the sensible-mda package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sensible-mda
Uninstall sensible-mda And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sensible-mda and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sensible-mda
Remove sensible-mda Configurations and Data
To remove sensible-mda configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sensible-mda
Remove sensible-mda configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sensible-mda configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sensible-mda
Dependencies
sensible-mda have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sensible-mda package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
