How To Install offlineimap on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install offlineimap on CentOS 7.
What is offlineimap
OfflineIMAP is a tool to simplify your e-mail reading. With OfflineIMAP, you can read the same mailbox from multiple computers. You get a current copy of your messages on each computer, and changes you make one place will be visible on all other systems. For instance, you can delete a message on your home computer, and it will appear deleted on your work computer as well. OfflineIMAP is also useful if you want to use a mail reader that does not have IMAP support, has poor IMAP support, or does not provide disconnected operation.
We can use yum or dnf to install offlineimap on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install offlineimap.
Install offlineimap on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install offlineimap using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install offlineimap
Install offlineimap on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install offlineimap using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install offlineimap
How To Uninstall offlineimap on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the offlineimap package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove offlineimap
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install offlineimap on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
