How To Install perl-Mail-Sendmail on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Mail-Sendmail on CentOS 8. perl-Mail-Sendmail is Simple platform independent mailer for Perl

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Mail-Sendmail on CentOS 8.

What is perl-Mail-Sendmail

Mail e-mail from your perl script. It only requires Perl 5 and a network connection. Mail hash with the message to send and sends it. It is intended to be very easy to setup and use.

We can use yum or dnf to install perl-Mail-Sendmail on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-Mail-Sendmail.

Install perl-Mail-Sendmail on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install perl-Mail-Sendmail using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Mail-Sendmail

Install perl-Mail-Sendmail on CentOS 8 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 perl-Mail-Sendmail using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Mail-Sendmail

How To Uninstall perl-Mail-Sendmail on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the perl-Mail-Sendmail package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-Mail-Sendmail

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Mail-Sendmail on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.