How To Install exim-mon on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install exim-mon on CentOS 8.
What is exim-mon
The Exim Monitor is an optional supplement to the Exim package. It displays information about Exim’s processing in an X window, and an administrator can perform a number of control actions from the window interface.
We can use yum or dnf to install exim-mon on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install exim-mon.
Install exim-mon 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 exim-mon using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install exim-mon
Install exim-mon 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 exim-mon using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install exim-mon
How To Uninstall exim-mon on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the exim-mon package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove exim-mon
exim-mon Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6/61c32a1153d6b68532a36c0a48fed5cd0e338d
/usr/sbin/eximon
/usr/sbin/eximon.bin
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install exim-mon on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.