How To Install lei on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install lei in Fedora 36. lei is Local Email Interface for public-inbox

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lei on Fedora 36.

What is lei

The client-side component of public-inbox that allows to interact with mail storage systems, including public-inbox servers.

We can use yum or dnf to install lei on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lei.

Install lei on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install lei

Install lei on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install lei

How To Uninstall lei on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove lei

lei Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/bash_completion.d/lei-completion.bash
/usr/bin/lei
/usr/share/man/man1/lei-add-external.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lei-add-watch.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lei-blob.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lei-config.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lei-convert.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lei-daemon-kill.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lei-daemon-pid.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lei-edit-search.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lei-export-kw.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lei-forget-external.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lei-forget-mail-sync.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lei-forget-search.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lei-import.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lei-index.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lei-init.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lei-inspect.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lei-lcat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lei-ls-external.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lei-ls-label.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lei-ls-mail-source.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lei-ls-mail-sync.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lei-ls-search.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lei-ls-watch.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lei-mail-diff.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lei-p2q.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lei-q.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lei-rediff.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lei-refresh-mail-sync.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lei-rm-watch.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lei-rm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lei-tag.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lei-up.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lei.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/lei-mail-formats.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/lei-store-format.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/lei-mail-sync-overview.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/lei-overview.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/lei-security.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lei-daemon.8.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lei on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).