How To Install isync on CentOS 8

isync is Tool to synchronize IMAP4 and Maildir mailboxes

Introduction

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

What is isync

mbsync is a command line application which synchronizes mailboxes. Currently Maildir and IMAP4 mailboxes are supported. New messages, message deletions and flag changes can be propagated both ways. mbsync is suitable for use in IMAP-disconnected mode.

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

Install isync 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 isync using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install isync

Install isync 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 isync using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install isync

How To Uninstall isync on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove isync

isync Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/mbsync
/usr/bin/mbsync-get-cert
/usr/bin/mdconvert
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc/b0fd37c7109816b5dba1caf775a9156e32a0b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8/f2702ae1b2f9acb9de48aed0cc4ecc02a5e424
/usr/share/doc/isync
/usr/share/doc/isync/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/isync/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/isync/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/isync/README
/usr/share/doc/isync/TODO
/usr/share/doc/isync/mbsyncrc.sample
/usr/share/licenses/isync
/usr/share/licenses/isync/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/mbsync.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mdconvert.1.gz

References

Summary

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