How To Install dovecot on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dovecot on AlmaLinux 8.
What is dovecot
Dovecot is an IMAP server for Linux/UNIX-like systems, written with security primarily in mind. It also contains a small POP3 server. It supports mail in either of maildir or mbox formats. The SQL drivers and authentication plug-ins are in their subpackages.
We can use yum or dnf to install dovecot on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dovecot.
Install dovecot on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install dovecot using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install dovecot
Install dovecot on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install dovecot using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install dovecot
How To Uninstall dovecot on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the dovecot package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove dovecot
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dovecot on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
