How To Install grepmail on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install grepmail in Fedora 36. grepmail is Search mailboxes for a particular email

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install grepmail on Fedora 36.

What is `grepmail`

Grepmail searches a normal or compressed mailbox for a given regular expression, and returns those emails that match it. Piped input is allowed, and date and size restrictions are supported, as are searches using logical operators.

We can use yum or dnf to install grepmail on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install grepmail.

Install grepmail on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install grepmail using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install grepmail

Install grepmail on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install grepmail using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install grepmail

How To Uninstall grepmail on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the grepmail package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove grepmail

grepmail Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/grepmail
/usr/share/doc/grepmail
/usr/share/doc/grepmail/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/grepmail/README
/usr/share/doc/grepmail/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/grepmail
/usr/share/licenses/grepmail/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/grepmail.1.gz

References

grepmail website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install grepmail on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).