How To Install syncmaildir on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install syncmaildir on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is syncmaildir
syncmaildir is:
Sync Mail Dir is a set of utilities to synchronize a pair of mailboxes in Maildir format, using SSH to transfer data. It provides the smd-pull utility to pull changes made on the remote mailbox, smd-push to propagate local changes to the remote mailbox, and smd-loop to iterate push and pull in a timely way.
The software is young and should thus be used with care in production environments.
Unlike OfflineIMAP, it does not require an IMAP server to be installed on the remote host. Moreover, it never attempts to automatically resolve conflicts between incompatible mailbox statuses - it just notifies the user explaining how to fix the problem.
Sync Mail Dir’s design is similar to that of Maildirsync, but is more efficient in terms of CPU cycles and disk I/O.
There are three methods to install syncmaildir on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install syncmaildir Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install syncmaildir using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install syncmaildir
Install syncmaildir Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install syncmaildir using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install syncmaildir
Install syncmaildir 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install syncmaildir using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install syncmaildir
How To Uninstall syncmaildir on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the syncmaildir package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove syncmaildir
Uninstall syncmaildir And Its Dependencies
To uninstall syncmaildir and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove syncmaildir
Remove syncmaildir Configurations and Data
To remove syncmaildir configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge syncmaildir
Remove syncmaildir configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove syncmaildir configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge syncmaildir
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install syncmaildir package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
