How to Install and Uninstall fetchmail.src Package on Oracle Linux 8

Last updated: November 28,2024

1. Install "fetchmail.src" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install fetchmail.src on Oracle Linux 8


    
        
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "fetchmail.src" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall fetchmail.src on Oracle Linux 8:


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fetchmail.src package on Oracle Linux 8

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Available Packages
Name : fetchmail
Version : 6.4.24
Release : 1.el8
Architecture : src
Size : 1.3 M
Source : None
Repository : ol8_appstream
Summary : A remote mail retrieval and forwarding utility
URL : http://www.fetchmail.info/
License : GPL+ and Public Domain
Description : Fetchmail is a remote mail retrieval and forwarding utility intended
: for use over on-demand TCP/IP links, like SLIP or PPP connections.
: Fetchmail supports every remote-mail protocol currently in use on the
: Internet (POP2, POP3, RPOP, APOP, KPOP, all IMAPs, ESMTP ETRN, IPv6,
: and IPSEC) for retrieval. Then Fetchmail forwards the mail through
: SMTP so you can read it through your favorite mail client.
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: Install fetchmail if you need to retrieve mail over SLIP or PPP
: connections.