How To Install postfix-ldap on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install postfix-ldap in Fedora 36. postfix-ldap is Postfix LDAP map support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install postfix-ldap on Fedora 36.

What is `postfix-ldap`

This provides support for LDAP maps in Postfix. If you plan to use LDAP maps with Postfix, you need this.

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

Install postfix-ldap 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 postfix-ldap using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install postfix-ldap

Install postfix-ldap 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 postfix-ldap using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install postfix-ldap

How To Uninstall postfix-ldap on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the postfix-ldap package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove postfix-ldap

postfix-ldap Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/postfix/dynamicmaps.cf.d/ldap
/etc/postfix/postfix-files.d/ldap
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a/f4f8349de44cce06f935fa0aabc4963f2dccd3
/usr/lib64/postfix/postfix-ldap.so
/usr/share/doc/postfix/README_FILES/LDAP_README
/usr/share/man/man5/ldap_table.5.gz

References

postfix-ldap website

Summary

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