How To Install altermime on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install altermime on Rocky Linux 8. altermime is Alter MIME-encoded mailpacks

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install altermime on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `altermime`

alterMIME is a small program which is used to alter MIME-encoded mailpacks. alterMIME can * Insert disclaimers * Insert arbitary X-headers * Modify existing headers * Remove attachments based on filename or content-type * Replace attachments based on filename

We can use yum or dnf to install altermime on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install altermime.

Install altermime on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install altermime

Install altermime on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install altermime

How To Uninstall altermime on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove altermime

altermime Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/altermime
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b/86707426aac6735f7b32d292a14dc51208f8a7
/usr/share/doc/altermime
/usr/share/doc/altermime/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/altermime/LICENCE
/usr/share/doc/altermime/README

References

altermime website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install altermime on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.