CentOS 7: Error while installing dovecot-mysql package

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We have postfix (2.10.1) and dovecot (2.2.36.4 (baf9232c1)) pre-installed in the CentOS server that we purchased. When we try to install dovecot-mysql driver as part of configuring mail server using postfix, dovecot, we get this conflict thrown as error - Error: plesk-dovecot conflicts with 1:dovecot-2.2.36-3.el7_7.1.x86_64 You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest

Please let us know how to install this package so that we can use MySQL to authenticate users. We have a similar setup working fine in CentOS 6, but facing this problem while migrating to CentOS 7. Appreciate your help.

Voting to move this question to superuser.stackexchange.com, because it's a system admin question, it has nothing to do with code. — Bill Karwin, Dec 31 '19 at 19:02
Thanks, I was not aware of that site. Posted the question at that site now. — Krishnan V S, Jan 01 '20 at 19:16

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 01 '20 at 20:32

The conflict was between plesk-dovecot and the dovecot-mysql that I was trying to install through yum. Apparently DB support does not come default. So the only option was to uninstall Postfix and Dovecot that came with Plesk and install both afresh using yum. The config files had to be re-copied and it worked.

CentOS 7: Error while installing dovecot-mysql package

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