How To Install imapsync on CentOS 8

imapsync is Tool to migrate email between IMAP servers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install imapsync on CentOS 8.

What is imapsync

imapsync is a tool for facilitating incremental recursive IMAP transfers from one mailbox to another. It is useful for mailbox migration, and reduces the amount of data transferred by only copying messages that are not present on both servers. Read, unread, and deleted flags are preserved, and the process can be stopped and resumed. The original messages can optionally be deleted after a successful transfer.

We can use yum or dnf to install imapsync on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install imapsync.

Install imapsync on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install imapsync using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install imapsync

Install imapsync on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install imapsync using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install imapsync

How To Uninstall imapsync on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the imapsync package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove imapsync

imapsync Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/imapsync
/usr/share/doc/imapsync
/usr/share/doc/imapsync/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/imapsync/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/imapsync/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/imapsync/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/imapsync/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/imapsync/NOLIMIT
/usr/share/doc/imapsync/README
/usr/share/doc/imapsync/TODO
/usr/share/man/man1/imapsync.1.gz

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install imapsync on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.