How To Install perl-Mail-Sendmail on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Mail-Sendmail on Rocky Linux 8. perl-Mail-Sendmail is Simple platform independent mailer for Perl

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Mail-Sendmail on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `perl-Mail-Sendmail`

Mail e-mail from your perl script. It only requires Perl 5 and a network connection. Mail hash with the message to send and sends it. It is intended to be very easy to setup and use.

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

Install perl-Mail-Sendmail 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 perl-Mail-Sendmail using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Mail-Sendmail

Install perl-Mail-Sendmail 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 perl-Mail-Sendmail using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Mail-Sendmail

How To Uninstall perl-Mail-Sendmail on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the perl-Mail-Sendmail package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-Mail-Sendmail

perl-Mail-Sendmail Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/perl-Mail-Sendmail
/usr/share/doc/perl-Mail-Sendmail/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-Mail-Sendmail/README
/usr/share/doc/perl-Mail-Sendmail/Todo
/usr/share/licenses/perl-Mail-Sendmail
/usr/share/licenses/perl-Mail-Sendmail/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man3/Mail::Sendmail.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Mail
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Mail/Sendmail.pm

References

perl-Mail-Sendmail website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Mail-Sendmail on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.