How To Install isync on Fedora 34

isync is Tool to synchronize IMAP4 and Maildir mailboxes

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install isync on Fedora 34.

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 Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install isync.

Install isync on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 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 Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 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 Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove isync

isync Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/mbsync
/usr/bin/mbsync-get-cert
/usr/bin/mdconvert
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/02
/usr/lib/.build-id/02/df98bdd5beee76e58e038f64077227bba8680b
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1/3735fc02d98898f82e0c0e12fbaefba726091b
/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
/usr/bin/mbsync
/usr/bin/mbsync-get-cert
/usr/bin/mdconvert
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/29
/usr/lib/.build-id/29/97f348c998f61a62c55b071d04d1135a9f0073
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6/36a1fcc083750f98973122225b588e527a70a8
/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 Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.