How To Install smtpping on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install smtpping on Rocky Linux 8. smtpping is Small tool for measuring SMTP parameters

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install smtpping on Rocky Linux 8.

What is smtpping

A simple, portable tool for measuring SMTP server delay, delay variation and throughput.

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

Install smtpping 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 smtpping using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install smtpping

Install smtpping 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 smtpping using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install smtpping

How To Uninstall smtpping on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove smtpping

smtpping Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/smtpping
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/54
/usr/lib/.build-id/54/9ff744680698bf2566a6b93412c4f7835c3317
/usr/share/doc/smtpping
/usr/share/doc/smtpping/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/smtpping
/usr/share/licenses/smtpping/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/smtpping.1.gz

References

Summary

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