How To Install dovecot-pgsql on CentOS 8

dovecot-pgsql is Postgres SQL back end for dovecot

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dovecot-pgsql on CentOS 8.

What is dovecot-pgsql

This package provides the Postgres SQL back end for dovecot-auth etc.

We can use yum or dnf to install dovecot-pgsql on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dovecot-pgsql.

Install dovecot-pgsql on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install dovecot-pgsql using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dovecot-pgsql

Install dovecot-pgsql on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install dovecot-pgsql using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dovecot-pgsql

How To Uninstall dovecot-pgsql on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the dovecot-pgsql package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dovecot-pgsql

dovecot-pgsql Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac/66085200838ae97174dd1cbdecd774c728549b
/usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libdriver_pgsql.so
/usr/lib64/dovecot/dict/libdriver_pgsql.so
/usr/lib64/dovecot/libdriver_pgsql.so

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dovecot-pgsql on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.