How To Install exim-mon on CentOS 8

exim-mon is X11 monitor application for Exim

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.