How To Install libesmtp-devel on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libesmtp-devel in AlmaLinux 8. libesmtp-devel is Headers and development libraries for libESMTP

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libesmtp-devel on AlmaLinux 8.

What is libesmtp-devel

LibESMTP is a library to manage posting (or submission of) electronic mail using SMTP to a preconfigured Mail Transport Agent (MTA) such as Exim. The libesmtp-devel package contains headers and development libraries necessary for building programs against libesmtp.

We can use yum or dnf to install libesmtp-devel on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libesmtp-devel.

Install libesmtp-devel 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 libesmtp-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libesmtp-devel

Install libesmtp-devel 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 libesmtp-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libesmtp-devel

How To Uninstall libesmtp-devel on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the libesmtp-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libesmtp-devel

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libesmtp-devel on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.