How To Install postsrsd on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install postsrsd in Fedora 36. postsrsd is Sender Rewriting Scheme (SRS) provider

Introduction

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

What is `postsrsd`

PostSRSd provides the Sender Rewriting Scheme (SRS) via TCP-based lookup tables for Postfix. SRS is needed if your mail server acts as forwarder.

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

Install postsrsd 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 postsrsd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install postsrsd

Install postsrsd 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 postsrsd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install postsrsd

How To Uninstall postsrsd on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove postsrsd

postsrsd Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/default/postsrsd
/etc/postsrsd.secret
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/be
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/9522eaabad02e07375421f4bb990d208002037
/usr/lib/systemd/system/postsrsd.service
/usr/sbin/postsrsd
/usr/share/doc/postsrsd
/usr/share/doc/postsrsd/README.md
/usr/share/doc/postsrsd/README_UPGRADE.md
/usr/share/doc/postsrsd/main.cf.ex
/usr/share/licenses/postsrsd
/usr/share/licenses/postsrsd/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man8/postsrsd.8.gz
/usr/share/postsrsd/postsrsd-systemd-launcher
/usr/share/selinux/packages/postsrsd/postsrsd.pp

References

postsrsd website

Summary

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