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How to reinstall SpamAssassin on CentOS, CloudLinux, and AlmaLinux

Cody Selzer
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Introduction

If the SpamAssassin installation becomes corrupt, SpamAssassin will need to be reinstalled.

 

Procedure

  1. Start by determining the package name of the installed version of SpamAssassin. The package name is specific to the version of Perl used by cPanel: 
    [root@server ~]cPs# rpm -qa|grep -i spam
    cpanel-perl-532-mail-spamassassin-3.004004-9.cp1198.x86_64
  2. Remove the cPanel SpamAssassin RPM: 
    [root@server ~]cPs# rpm -e --nodeps cpanel-perl-532-mail-spamassassin
    Removed symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/spamd.service.
    warning: /etc/mail/spamassassin/v320.pre saved as /etc/mail/spamassassin/v320.pre.rpmsave
    warning: /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf saved as /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf.rpmsave
  3. Rename the old files to backups:
    mv /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/spamd{,.backup.$(date +%F_%R)}
    mv /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/spamc{,.backup.$(date +%F_%R)}
    mv /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/sa-learn{,.backup.$(date +%F_%R)}
    mv /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/spamassassin{,.backup.$(date +%F_%R)}
    mv /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/spamd{,.backup.$(date +%F_%R)}
    mv /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/spamc{,.backup.$(date +%F_%R)}
    mv /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/sa-learn{,.backup.$(date +%F_%R)}
    mv /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/spamassassin{,.backup.$(date +%F_%R)}
    mv /etc/mail/spamassassin{,.backup.$(date +%F_%R)}
  4. Reinstall SpamAssassin. 
    /scripts/check_cpanel_pkgs --fix

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