How to Install and Uninstall sendmail.src Package on Oracle Linux 9

Last updated: November 29,2024

1. Install "sendmail.src" package

This tutorial shows how to install sendmail.src on Oracle Linux 9


    
        
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                sudo dnf update
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "sendmail.src" package

Learn how to uninstall sendmail.src on Oracle Linux 9:


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the sendmail.src package on Oracle Linux 9

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Available Packages
Name : sendmail
Version : 8.16.1
Release : 11.0.1.el9
Architecture : src
Size : 2.2 M
Source : None
Repository : ol9_appstream
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.