How To Install isync on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install isync on Debian 11.
What is isync
isync is:
mbsync/isync 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. isync is suitable for use in IMAP-disconnected mode.
The main application was much improved in version 1.0. Those improvements lead to interface changes and the application being renamed to mbsync. The application isync is now only a wrapper to keep compatibility with earlier versions.
Features:
- Fine-grained selection of synchronization operations to perform
- Synchronizes single mailboxes or entire mailbox collections
- Partial mirrors possible: keep only the latest messages locally
- Trash functionality: backup messages before removing them IMAP features:
- Security: supports TLS/SSL via imaps: (port 993) and STARTTLS; CRAM-MD5 for authentication
- Supports NAMESPACE for simplified configuration
- Pipelining for maximum speed (currently only partially implemented)
There are three methods to install isync on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install isync Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install isync using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install isync
Install isync Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install isync using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install isync
Install isync Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install isync using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install isync
How To Uninstall isync on Debian 11
To uninstall only the isync package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove isync
Uninstall isync And Its Dependencies
To uninstall isync and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove isync
Remove isync Configurations and Data
To remove isync configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge isync
Remove isync configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove isync configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge isync
Dependencies
isync have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install isync package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.