imapsync/INSTALL.d/INSTALL.Centos.txt

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# $Id: INSTALL.Centos.txt,v 1.12 2019/05/02 12:41:07 gilles Exp gilles $

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https://imapsync.lamiral.info/INSTALL.d/INSTALL.Centos.txt

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               Installing imapsync on CentOS
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There is one section for Centos 7 and one for Centos 6.

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               Centos 7
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First install access to the Epel repository via yum:

  yum install epel-release

Then install imapsync and its dependencies:

  yum install imapsync

After installing imapsync, it should be able to work on your system.
A good test that shows also the basic example:

  imapsync

A live test:

  imapsync --testslive
  
Unit tests:

  imapsync --tests

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               Centos 7 and latest imapsync
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At the time of this writing (April 2018), the epel repository contains 
imapsync release 1.727, which is not the latest available release.

In order to install the latest imapsync I suggest the following process:

Install the epel imapsync 1.727 release via yum like mentioned above.
It will install many needed packages, Perl itself and Perl modules 
for release 1.727. The latest imapsync needs more Perl modules.

Then:

  yum install perl-App-cpanminus \
 perl-Dist-CheckConflicts \
 perl-HTML-Parser \
 perl-libwww-perl \
 perl-Module-Implementation \
 perl-Module-ScanDeps \
 perl-Package-Stash \
 perl-Package-Stash-XS \
 perl-PAR-Packer \
 perl-Regexp-Common \
 perl-Sys-MemInfo \
 perl-Test-Fatal \
 perl-Test-Mock-Guard \
 perl-Test-Requires \
 perl-Test-Deep \
 perl-File-Tail

  wget -N https://imapsync.lamiral.info/imapsync
  chmod +x imapsync
  ./imapsync --testslive

Now you should shave the latest imapsync locally working on Centos 7.

If you want to install it and replace the olf one:

  mv /usr/bin/imapsync  /usr/bin/imapsync_old
  cp ./imapsync /usr/bin/imapsync

  imapsync --version

should give the latest release number instead of 1.727
(1.937 at the time of this writing)

If you want to install an online imapsync service
like /X then you also need a recent decent CGI.pm,
add it with cpanm:

  cpanm CGI 


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               Centos 6
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This section has been tested with imapsync release 1.670

First, install access to the Epel repository
 
  wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
  rpm -Uvh epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm

Then install imapsync and its dependencies:

 yum install imapsync

After installing imapsync, it should be able to work on your system.
A good test that shows also the basic example:

  imapsync

A live test:

  imapsync --testslive
  
Unit tests:

  imapsync --tests

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               Centos 6 and latest imapsync
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Install the epel imapsync 1.670 release via yum like mentioned above.

It will install many needed packages, Perl itself and Perl modules 
for release 1.670. The latest imapsync needs more Perl modules.

Then:

  yum install perl-App-cpanminus \
 perl-Dist-CheckConflicts \
 perl-HTML-Parser \
 perl-libwww-perl \
 perl-Module-Implementation \
 perl-Module-ScanDeps \
 perl-Package-Stash \
 perl-Package-Stash-XS \
 perl-PAR-Packer \
 perl-Regexp-Common \
 perl-Sys-MemInfo \
 perl-Test-Fatal \
 perl-Test-Mock-Guard \
 perl-Test-Requires \
 perl-Test-Deep \
 perl-File-Tail

  wget https://imapsync.lamiral.info/imapsync

  chmod +x imapsync
  ./imapsync --testslive

Now you have the latest imapsync on Centos 6, 
do you?

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