How To Install postfix-ldap on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install postfix-ldap on Rocky Linux 8. postfix-ldap is Postfix LDAP map support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install postfix-ldap on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `postfix-ldap`

This provides support for LDAP maps in Postfix. If you plan to use LDAP maps with Postfix, you need this.

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

Install postfix-ldap 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 postfix-ldap using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install postfix-ldap

Install postfix-ldap 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 postfix-ldap using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install postfix-ldap

How To Uninstall postfix-ldap on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the postfix-ldap package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove postfix-ldap

postfix-ldap Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/postfix/dynamicmaps.cf.d/ldap
/etc/postfix/postfix-files.d/ldap
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/28
/usr/lib/.build-id/28/ae952368821e27c6cd4c2f4d43336a90731dc0
/usr/lib64/postfix/postfix-ldap.so
/usr/share/doc/postfix/README_FILES/LDAP_README
/usr/share/man/man5/ldap_table.5.gz

References

postfix-ldap website

Summary

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