How To Install dovecot-mysql on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install dovecot-mysql on Rocky Linux 8. dovecot-mysql is MySQL back end for dovecot

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dovecot-mysql on Rocky Linux 8.

What is dovecot-mysql

This package provides the MySQL back end for dovecot-auth etc.

We can use yum or dnf to install dovecot-mysql on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dovecot-mysql.

Install dovecot-mysql on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install dovecot-mysql

Install dovecot-mysql on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install dovecot-mysql using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dovecot-mysql

How To Uninstall dovecot-mysql on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the dovecot-mysql package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dovecot-mysql

dovecot-mysql Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/49
/usr/lib/.build-id/49/d2f045a1b579725529a0ca59a287c3977f8ce1
/usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libdriver_mysql.so
/usr/lib64/dovecot/dict/libdriver_mysql.so
/usr/lib64/dovecot/libdriver_mysql.so

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dovecot-mysql on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.