How To Install sylpheed on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install sylpheed on CentOS 7. sylpheed is GTK+ based, lightweight, and fast email client

Introduction

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

What is sylpheed

This program is an X based fast email client which has features like o user-friendly and intuitive interface o integrated NetNews client (partially implemented) o ability of keyboard-only operation o Mew/Wanderlust-like key bind o multipart MIME o unlimited multiple account handling o message queueing o assortment function o XML-based address book See /usr/share/doc/sylpheed*/README for more information.

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

Install sylpheed on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install sylpheed

Install sylpheed 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 sylpheed using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sylpheed

How To Uninstall sylpheed on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove sylpheed

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Summary

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