How To Install public-inbox on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install public-inbox in Fedora 36. public-inbox is An archives-first approach to mailing lists

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install public-inbox on Fedora 36.

What is `public-inbox`

public-inbox implements the sharing of an email inbox via git to complement or replace traditional mailing lists. Readers may read via NNTP, IMAP, Atom feeds or HTML archives.

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

Install public-inbox 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 public-inbox using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install public-inbox

Install public-inbox 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 public-inbox using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install public-inbox

How To Uninstall public-inbox on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the public-inbox package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove public-inbox

public-inbox Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/public-inbox-clone
/usr/bin/public-inbox-compact
/usr/bin/public-inbox-convert
/usr/bin/public-inbox-edit
/usr/bin/public-inbox-extindex
/usr/bin/public-inbox-fetch
/usr/bin/public-inbox-index
/usr/bin/public-inbox-init
/usr/bin/public-inbox-learn
/usr/bin/public-inbox-purge
/usr/bin/public-inbox-watch
/usr/bin/public-inbox-xcpdb
/usr/share/doc/public-inbox
/usr/share/doc/public-inbox/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/public-inbox/HACKING
/usr/share/doc/public-inbox/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/public-inbox/README
/usr/share/doc/public-inbox/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/public-inbox
/usr/share/licenses/public-inbox/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/public-inbox-clone.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/public-inbox-compact.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/public-inbox-convert.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/public-inbox-edit.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/public-inbox-extindex.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/public-inbox-fetch.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/public-inbox-index.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/public-inbox-init.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/public-inbox-learn.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/public-inbox-purge.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/public-inbox-watch.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/public-inbox-xcpdb.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/public-inbox-config.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/public-inbox-extindex-format.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/public-inbox-v1-format.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/public-inbox-v2-format.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/public-inbox-glossary.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/public-inbox-overview.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/public-inbox-tuning.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/public-inbox-daemon.8.gz

References

public-inbox website

Summary

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