How to Install and Uninstall sendmail.x86_64 Package on Amazon Linux 2

Last updated: February 06,2025

1. Install "sendmail.x86_64" package

This is a short guide on how to install sendmail.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2


    
        
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                sudo yum install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "sendmail.x86_64" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall sendmail.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2:


    
        
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                sudo yum autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the sendmail.x86_64 package on Amazon Linux 2

Loaded plugins: ovl, priorities
Available Packages
Name : sendmail
Arch : x86_64
Version : 8.14.7
Release : 5.amzn2.0.1
Size : 747 k
Repo : amzn2-core/2/x86_64
Summary : A widely used Mail Transport Agent (MTA)
URL : http://www.sendmail.org/
License : Sendmail
Description : The Sendmail program is a very widely used Mail Transport Agent
: (MTA). MTAs send mail from one machine to another. Sendmail is not
: a client program, which you use to read your email. Sendmail is a
: behind-the-scenes program which actually moves your email over
: networks or the Internet to where you want it to go.
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: If you ever need to reconfigure Sendmail, you will also need to
: have the sendmail-cf package installed. If you need documentation
: on Sendmail, you can install the sendmail-doc package.