How To Install javamail.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install javamail.noarch in Amazon Linux 2. javamail.noarch is Java Mail API

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install javamail.noarch on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `javamail.noarch`

The JavaMail API provides a platform-independent and protocol-independent framework to build mail and messaging applications.

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

Install javamail.noarch 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 javamail.noarch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install javamail.noarch

How To Uninstall javamail.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the javamail.noarch package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove javamail.noarch

javamail.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/share/doc/javamail-1.4.6
/usr/share/doc/javamail-1.4.6/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/doc/javamail-1.4.6/overview.html
/usr/share/java/javamail/dsn.jar
/usr/share/java/javamail/gimap.jar
/usr/share/java/javamail/imap.jar
/usr/share/java/javamail/javax.mail-api.jar
/usr/share/java/javamail/javax.mail.jar
/usr/share/java/javamail/mail.jar
/usr/share/java/javamail/mailapi.jar
/usr/share/java/javamail/pop3.jar
/usr/share/java/javamail/smtp.jar
/usr/share/maven-effective-poms/JPP.javamail-dsn.pom
/usr/share/maven-effective-poms/JPP.javamail-gimap.pom
/usr/share/maven-effective-poms/JPP.javamail-imap.pom
/usr/share/maven-effective-poms/JPP.javamail-javax.mail-api.pom
/usr/share/maven-effective-poms/JPP.javamail-javax.mail.pom
/usr/share/maven-effective-poms/JPP.javamail-mail.pom
/usr/share/maven-effective-poms/JPP.javamail-mailapi.pom
/usr/share/maven-effective-poms/JPP.javamail-pop3.pom
/usr/share/maven-effective-poms/JPP.javamail-smtp.pom
/usr/share/maven-fragments/javamail.xml
/usr/share/maven-poms/JPP.javamail-all.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/JPP.javamail-dsn.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/JPP.javamail-gimap.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/JPP.javamail-imap.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/JPP.javamail-javax.mail-api.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/JPP.javamail-javax.mail.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/JPP.javamail-mail.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/JPP.javamail-mailapi.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/JPP.javamail-parent-distrib.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/JPP.javamail-pop3.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/JPP.javamail-smtp.pom

References

javamail.noarch website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install javamail.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.