How To Install exim-mysql on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install exim-mysql on Rocky Linux 8. exim-mysql is MySQL lookup support for Exim

Introduction

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

What is exim-mysql

This package contains the MySQL lookup module for Exim

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

Install exim-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 exim-mysql using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install exim-mysql

Install exim-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 exim-mysql using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install exim-mysql

How To Uninstall exim-mysql on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove exim-mysql

exim-mysql Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a/f3ef4533f86f8b0ecda00a99c69d8817d0c8dc
/usr/lib64/exim/4.94.2-1.el8/lookups/mysql.so

References

Summary

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