How To Install zarafa-contacts on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install zarafa-contacts on CentOS 7. zarafa-contacts is MAPI provider adding contact folders to the address book

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install zarafa-contacts on CentOS 7.

What is zarafa-contacts

The zarafa-contacts package contains an additional MAPI provider to find all contact folders of a user and add the contents transparently into the MAPI address book. The MAPI provider allows Zarafa WebApp users to select which contact folders will be listed in the WebApp address book.

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

Install zarafa-contacts on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install zarafa-contacts using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install zarafa-contacts

Install zarafa-contacts 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 zarafa-contacts using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install zarafa-contacts

How To Uninstall zarafa-contacts on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the zarafa-contacts package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove zarafa-contacts

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Summary

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