How To Install nginx-mod-mail on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nginx-mod-mail on Rocky Linux 8.

What is nginx-mod-mail

Nginx mail modules.

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

Install nginx-mod-mail 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 nginx-mod-mail using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nginx-mod-mail

Install nginx-mod-mail 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 nginx-mod-mail using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nginx-mod-mail

How To Uninstall nginx-mod-mail on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the nginx-mod-mail package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nginx-mod-mail

nginx-mod-mail Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3/c0c9c1014e82a792d689ba8a5835887b60aeb7
/usr/lib64/nginx/modules/ngx_mail_module.so
/usr/share/nginx/modules/mod-mail.conf

References

• nginx-mod-mail website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nginx-mod-mail on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.