Install Postfix in CentOS 5.3

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Check if postfix installed.

# rpm -qa | grep postfix
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no postfix, maybe sendmail ?

# rpm -qa | grep sendmail

sendmail-8.13.8-2.el5

Remove sendmail

# yum remove sendmail

Install requirement development stuff

# yum groupinstall ‘Development Tools’

# yum groupinstall ‘Development Libraries’

Build postfix with quota and mysql support

# wget -c  http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/Mirrors/centos/5.3/os/SRPMS/postfix-2.3.3-2.1.el5_2.src.rpm

# rpm -ivh postfix-2.3.3-2.1.el5_2.src.rpm

1:postfix                warning: user mockbuild does not exist – using root
warning: group mockbuild does not exist – using root
warning: user mockbuild does not exist – using root
warning: group mockbuild does not exist – using root
warning: user mockbuild does not exist – using root
warning: group mockbuild does not exist – using root
warning: user mockbuild does not exist – using root
warning: group mockbuild does not exist – using root
warning: user mockbuild does not exist – using root
warning: group mockbuild does not exist – using root
warning: user mockbuild does not exist – using root
warning: group mockbuild does not exist – using root
warning: user mockbuild does not exist – using root
warning: group mockbuild does not exist – using root
warning: user mockbuild does not exist – using root
warning: group mockbuild does not exist – using root
warning: user mockbuild does not exist – using root
warning: group mockbuild does not exist – using root
warning: user mockbuild does not exist – using root
warning: group mockbuild does not exist – using root
warning: user mockbuild does not exist – using root
warning: group mockbuild does not exist – using root
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warning: user mockbuild does not exist – using root
warning: group mockbuild does not exist – using root
warning: user mockbuild does not exist – using root
warning: group mockbuild does not exist – using root
warning: user mockbuild does not exist – using root
warning: group mockbuild does not exist – using root

Next build

# cd /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES

# wget -c http://vda.sourceforge.net/VDA/postfix-2.3.3-vda.patch.gz

# gunzip postfix-2.3.3-vda.patch.gz

# cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/

Edit postfix.spec

# nano postfix.spec

Change :

%define MYSQL 0 into

%define MYSQL 1

and add :

Patch0: postfix-2.3.3-vda.patch

into patches area, like this :

# Patches
Patch0: postfix-2.3.3-vda.patch
Patch1: postfix-2.1.1-config.patch
Patch3: postfix-alternatives.patch
Patch6: postfix-2.1.1-obsolete.patch
Patch7: postfix-2.1.5-aliases.patch
Patch8: postfix-large-fs.patch
Patch9: postfix-2.2.5-cyrus.patch
Patch10: postfix-CVE-2008-2936.patch

# rpmbuild -ba postfix.spec
error: Failed build dependencies:
pcre-devel is needed by postfix-2.3.3-2.1.i386
mysql-devel is needed by postfix-2.3.3-2.1.i386

Ok, install pcre-devel dan mysql-devel.

# yum install pcre-devel

# yum install mysql-devel

Try again.

# cd /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386 && ls -l

total 11208
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 3792217 May  3 00:19 postfix-2.3.3-2.1.i386.rpm
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 7596206 May  3 00:19 postfix-debuginfo-2.3.3-2.1.i386.rpm
-rw-r–r– 1 root root   49793 May  3 00:19 postfix-pflogsumm-2.3.3-2.1.i386.rpm

Install

# rpm -ivh postfix-2.3.3-2.1.i386.rpm

Preparing…                ########################################### [100%]
1:postfix                ########################################### [100%]
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Check it.

# rpm -qa | grep postfix

postfix-2.3.3-2.1

Yes, postfix installation process work well

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