Information about the package, exim, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The exim package is designed for, exim mail transport agent.
Package Name:
exim
Summary:
exim mail transport agent
Description:
exim is an alternative mail transport agent, easy to configure and with flexible virtual mail.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
4.91
Release:
3.cp1170
Size:
1.8 M
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
Licence:
GPL
Control the exim package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install exim
This command will install exim on the server.
yum remove exim
This command will un-install exim on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove exim, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove exim
This command will un-install exim on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove exim when using the -y flag.
yum update exim
This command will update exim to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove exim, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update exim
This command will update exim to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove exim when using the -y flag.
yum info exim
This command will show you core information about the exim package.
yum deplist exim
This command will show you the dependencies for exim. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update exim
This command will check if there is an update waiting on exim. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.