How To Install pyzor on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install pyzor on CentOS 7. pyzor is Pyzor collaborative spam filtering system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pyzor on CentOS 7.

What is pyzor

Pyzor is a collaborative, networked system to detect and block spam using identifying digests of messages. Pyzor is similar to Vipul’s Razor except implemented in python, and using fully open source servers. Pyzor can be used either standalone, or to augment the spam filtering ability of spamassassin. spamassassin is highly recommended.

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

Install pyzor on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install pyzor using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pyzor

Install pyzor 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 pyzor using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pyzor

How To Uninstall pyzor on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the pyzor package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pyzor

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pyzor on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.