How To Install libreport-plugin-mailx on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreport-plugin-mailx on CentOS 7. libreport-plugin-mailx is libreport’s mailx reporter plugin

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreport-plugin-mailx on CentOS 7.

What is libreport-plugin-mailx

The simple reporter plugin which sends a report via mailx to a specified email address.

We can use yum or dnf to install libreport-plugin-mailx on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libreport-plugin-mailx.

Install libreport-plugin-mailx on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libreport-plugin-mailx using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libreport-plugin-mailx

Install libreport-plugin-mailx on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libreport-plugin-mailx using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libreport-plugin-mailx

How To Uninstall libreport-plugin-mailx on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the libreport-plugin-mailx package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libreport-plugin-mailx

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreport-plugin-mailx on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.