How To Install dovecot-pgsql on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install dovecot-pgsql on Rocky Linux 8. dovecot-pgsql is Postgres SQL back end for dovecot

Introduction

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

What is dovecot-pgsql

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

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

Install dovecot-pgsql 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-pgsql using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dovecot-pgsql

Install dovecot-pgsql 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-pgsql using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dovecot-pgsql

How To Uninstall dovecot-pgsql on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove dovecot-pgsql

dovecot-pgsql Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/12
/usr/lib/.build-id/12/635944b4b3867fd191f59e642d2bd6d903f05e
/usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libdriver_pgsql.so
/usr/lib64/dovecot/dict/libdriver_pgsql.so
/usr/lib64/dovecot/libdriver_pgsql.so

References

Summary

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