MailScanner via Yum (CentOS)

[Julian Field]

Paul Hutchings wrote:
> Hi Julian,
>
> Thanks for the reply.  That's how I've been installing it on Suse, just
> thought I'd ask in case there was a neater/simpler way on CentOS/RHEL.
>
> Is there a list somewhere of what the MailScanner script checks for
> before (if needed) installing itself?  
>   
Read the install.sh script :-)
It installs all its required Perl modules as RPMs first. It rebuilds the 
RPMs from SRPMs to guarantee they are built for the right paths for your 
system.

> It would be nice (I presume, certainly not an expert on this!) to have
> as much as possible pre-installed?
>   
It will install everything it needs, or tell you if it's not there. Just 
make sure you have gcc and make before you start :-)
> Cheers,
> Paul
>
> Paul Hutchings
> Network Administrator, MIRA Ltd.
> Tel: 44 (0)24 7635 5378
> Fax: 44 (0)24 7635 8378
> mailto:paul.hutchings at mira.co.uk
>
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> [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Julian
> Field
> Sent: 28 August 2007 13:35
> To: MailScanner discussion
> Subject: Re: MailScanner via Yum (CentOS)
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> I don't believe you can, no. Sorry. It only takes a few minutes to 
> install with my installation script.
>
> Paul Hutchings wrote:
>   
>> I'm playing with CentOS 5 as a new distribution.
>>
>> It seems I can get most things via the CentOS distribution or by
>>     
> adding
>   
>> rpmforge to the yum repository list.
>>
>> Does anyone know if it is possible to get mailscanner in this manner
>> rather than having to download and build from the RPMs on the site?
>>
>> TIA,
>> Paul
>>
>> Paul Hutchings
>> Network Administrator, MIRA Ltd.
>> Tel: 44 (0)24 7635 5378
>> Fax: 44 (0)24 7635 8378
>> mailto:paul.hutchings at mira.co.uk
>>
>>
>>   
>>     
>
> Jules
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