Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install amavis on CentOS 8.
What is amavis
amavis is a high-performance and reliable interface between mailer (MTA) and one or more content checkers Mail reliability, portability and maintainability. It talks to MTA via (E)SMTP or LMTP, or by using helper programs. No timing gaps exist in the design which could cause a mail loss.
We can use yum or dnf to install amavis on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install amavis.
Install amavis on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install amavis using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install amavis
Install amavis on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install amavis using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install amavis
How To Uninstall amavis on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the amavis package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove amavis
amavis Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/amavisd
/etc/amavisd/amavisd.conf
/etc/clamd.d
/etc/clamd.d/amavisd.conf
/run/amavisd
/run/clamd.amavisd
/usr/bin/amavisd-agent
/usr/bin/amavisd-nanny
/usr/bin/amavisd-release
/usr/bin/amavisd-signer
/usr/bin/amavisd-submit
/usr/lib/systemd/system/amavisd.service
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/amavisd.conf
/usr/sbin/amavisd
/usr/share/licenses/amavis
/usr/share/licenses/amavis/LICENSE
/var/spool/amavisd
/var/spool/amavisd/db
/var/spool/amavisd/quarantine
/var/spool/amavisd/tmp
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install amavis on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
