How To Install sendemail on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sendemail on AlmaLinux 8.
What is sendemail
SendEmail is a lightweight, completely command line based, SMTP e-mail client. It was designed to be used in bash scripts, batch files, Perl programs and web sites, but is also quite useful in many other contexts. SendEmail is written in Perl and is unique in that it requires no special modules. It has a straight forward interface, making it very easy to use.
We can use yum or dnf to install sendemail on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sendemail.
Install sendemail 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 sendemail using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install sendemail
Install sendemail 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 sendemail using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install sendemail
How To Uninstall sendemail on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the sendemail package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove sendemail
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sendemail on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
