How To Install zarafa-gateway on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install zarafa-gateway on CentOS 7. zarafa-gateway is POP3/IMAP Gateway for the Zarafa Collaboration Platform

Introduction

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

What is zarafa-gateway

The zarafa-gateway package includes the Zarafa POP3/IMAP Gateway service to enable regular non-MAPI e-mail clients to connect through POP3 or IMAP to the Zarafa server to access their e-mails. Using IMAP, it is possible as well to view the contents of shared folders and subfolders. The Zarafa POP3/IMAP Gateway service can be configured to listen for POP3, POP3S, IMAP and/or IMAPS.

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

Install zarafa-gateway 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-gateway using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install zarafa-gateway

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

sudo dnf -y install zarafa-gateway

How To Uninstall zarafa-gateway on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove zarafa-gateway

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Summary

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