How To Install smtpping on Fedora 34

smtpping is Small tool for measuring SMTP parameters

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install smtpping on Fedora 34.

What is smtpping

A simple, portable tool for measuring SMTP server delay, delay variation and throughput.

We can use yum or dnf to install smtpping on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install smtpping.

Install smtpping on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install smtpping

Install smtpping on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install smtpping using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install smtpping

How To Uninstall smtpping on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the smtpping package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove smtpping

smtpping Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/smtpping
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/12
/usr/lib/.build-id/12/13bbdbdc8856a118a8b14600b60e925f2ca432
/usr/share/doc/smtpping
/usr/share/doc/smtpping/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/smtpping
/usr/share/licenses/smtpping/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/smtpping.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install smtpping on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.