How To Install perl-Mail-Procmail on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Mail-Procmail in Fedora 36. perl-Mail-Procmail is Procmail-like facility for creating easy mail filters

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Mail-Procmail on Fedora 36.

What is `perl-Mail-Procmail`

procmail is a great mail filter program, but it has weird recipe format. It’s pattern matching capabilities are basic and often insufficient. This module provides flexibility to filter your mail using the power of Perl.

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

Install perl-Mail-Procmail 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 perl-Mail-Procmail using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Mail-Procmail

Install perl-Mail-Procmail 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 perl-Mail-Procmail using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Mail-Procmail

How To Uninstall perl-Mail-Procmail on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the perl-Mail-Procmail package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-Mail-Procmail

perl-Mail-Procmail Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/doc/perl-Mail-Procmail
/usr/share/doc/perl-Mail-Procmail/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/perl-Mail-Procmail/README
/usr/share/man/man3/Mail::Procmail.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Mail
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Mail/Procmail.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Mail/Procmail.pm.pm_report

References

perl-Mail-Procmail website

Summary

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