How To Install fetchmail.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install fetchmail.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. fetchmail.x86_64 is A remote mail retrieval and forwarding utility

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fetchmail.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `fetchmail.x86_64`

Fetchmail is a remote mail retrieval and forwarding utility intended for use over on-demand TCP/IP links, like SLIP or PPP connections. Fetchmail supports every remote-mail protocol currently in use on the Internet (POP2, POP3, RPOP, APOP, KPOP, all IMAPs, ESMTP ETRN, IPv6, and IPSEC) for retrieval. Then Fetchmail forwards the mail through SMTP so you can read it through your favorite mail client. Install fetchmail if you need to retrieve mail over SLIP or PPP connections.

We can use yum to install fetchmail.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fetchmail.x86_64.

Install fetchmail.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install fetchmail.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fetchmail.x86_64

How To Uninstall fetchmail.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the fetchmail.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove fetchmail.x86_64

fetchmail.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/fetchmail
/usr/share/doc/fetchmail-6.3.24
/usr/share/doc/fetchmail-6.3.24/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/fetchmail-6.3.24/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/fetchmail-6.3.24/FEATURES
/usr/share/doc/fetchmail-6.3.24/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/fetchmail-6.3.24/NOTES
/usr/share/doc/fetchmail-6.3.24/README
/usr/share/doc/fetchmail-6.3.24/README.SSL
/usr/share/doc/fetchmail-6.3.24/TODO
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/fetchmail.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/fetchmail.1.gz

References

fetchmail.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fetchmail.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.