#!/bin/cat # $Id: INSTALL.Darwin.txt,v 1.39 2022/05/17 14:31:44 gilles Exp gilles $ This documentation is also located online at https://imapsync.lamiral.info/INSTALL.d/ https://imapsync.lamiral.info/INSTALL.d/INSTALL.Darwin.txt Usual users should follow the A) section only, with the exeption of reading B) before if you use a Catalina system. A) Installing imapsync binary on Darwin / Mac OS X B) Installing imapsync on Catalina C) Installing imapsync script on Darwin / Mac OS X with brew D) Installing imapsync script on Darwin / Mac OS X the way I do E) Building imapsync binary on Darwin / Mac OS X ======================================================================= A) Installing imapsync binary on Darwin / Mac OS X ======================================================================= There is a standalone imapsync binary for Mac OS X called "imapsync_bin_Darwin" (without the quotes), available in the compressed tarball called imapsync-2.200.tgz where 2.200 is the imapsync version number. In case you haven't buy it yet or forgot where the download link is, check https://imapsync.lamiral.info/dist/ Download the tarball imapsync-2.200.tgz, not the binary imapsync_bin_Darwin because the binary is also in the tarball and there are other useful files in the tarball. The binary present in /dist/ is just there for a fast upgrade when you need one. I suppose this tarball imapsync-2.200.tgz is downloaded under your $HOME directory, let say /Users/gilles/, but you can put it anywhere. In real, your $HOME directory is not /Users/gilles/, it maybe /Users/john/ or /Users/zoey/ where John or Zoey is you login name. Open a terminal: /Applications/Utilities/Terminal double-click on Terminal. Untar the tarball: cd pwd tar xzvf imapsync-2.200.tgz In case the previous command fails, it means the tarball file called imapsync-2.200.tgz is not in your $HOME directory, you may have downloaded it elsewhere on the file system. A way to find it is the command: find / | grep imapsync Now that the tarball is extracted, it created a directory called imapsync-2.200/ Go into the directory imapsync-2.200 with the command: cd imapsync-2.200 First let's have a simple run to see if imapsync_bin_Darwin works. You should see some help about options and an example at the end of this run: ./imapsync_bin_Darwin To go further, perform a complete test with two real IMAP server accounts: ./imapsync_bin_Darwin --testslive If this sync works fine then imapsync_bin_Darwin is ready for any imap account synchronization. When reading the documentation with imapsync command lines examples, you have to replace the command "imapsync" by "imapsync_bin_Darwin" For example, instead of the command: ./imapsync \ --host1 test1.lamiral.info --user1 test1 --password1 secret1 \ --host2 test2.lamiral.info --user2 test2 --password2 secret2 you have to use: ./imapsync_bin_Darwin \ --host1 test1.lamiral.info --user1 test1 --password1 secret1 \ --host2 test2.lamiral.info --user2 test2 --password2 secret2 The script examples/imapsync_example_darwin.sh is ready to use, it is a copy of examples/imapsync_example.sh adapted to Mac users. Be careful the way you edit the script files, use a text editor. Do not use a word processor because word processors add or use special formating characters that will break the shell scripts. If you use TextEdit, use the text mode. In the terminal, try: sh examples/imapsync_example_darwin.sh or copy it and run your copy instead: cp examples/imapsync_example_darwin.sh mysync.sh sh mysync.sh Now read on the tutorial https://imapsync.lamiral.info/doc/TUTORIAL_Unix.html in order to complete your formation on imapsync. If you need to sync or migrate many accounts, the script examples/sync_loop_darwin.sh is also ready to use. ======================================================================= B) Installing imapsync on Catalina ======================================================================= Caveat Catalina: The binary imapsync_bin_Darwin is detected as a malware or similar on the latest Mac OS X named Catalina. It's Catalina new security policy. Imapsync is not a malware or similar. All other Mac OS X releases are ok. In order to pass away this detection, follow these steps: Run imapsync_bin_Darwin After this first launch, the security asks to authorize the unknown developer program. Setup the root of the imapsync_bin_Darwin file and then run it again or any of the .sh files, it should run ok without any notice any more. Sources of this tip: https://www.quora.com/What-does-Can-t-be-opened-because-it-s-integrity-cannot-be-verified-mean-on-OSX-Catalina https://github.com/fastlane/fastlane/issues/15186#issuecomment-532047545 https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/11011#issuecomment-531369505 Other way, on the binary: Control + Right Click -> Open See also the last section of https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202491 "How to open an app that hasn't been notarized or is from an unidentified developer" I don't own a Catalina computer so I can't experiment on this nor make imapsync directly ok with Catalina. You're richer than me :-) ======================================================================= C) Installing imapsync script on Darwin / Mac OS X with brew ======================================================================= In case you have brew installed on your system ( see https://brew.sh/ ), install imapsync with the command: brew install imapsync Do a real test with imap server test.lamiral.info: imapsync --testslive If you encouter an error like "String.c: loadable library and perl binaries are mismatched (got handshake key 0xc500080, needed 0xc400080)", then install imapsync from source with the command: brew install -s imapsync Thanks to Alessandro for this tip! ======================================================================= D) Installing imapsync script on Darwin / Mac OS X the way I do ======================================================================= This part is only for advanced Unix users, or brave users. The "make" command is a prerequisite to build some Perl modules. Install the "make" command in case it is not already installed. First let us install cpanminus locally in ~/perl5 curl -L https://cpanmin.us | perl - -l ~/perl5 App::cpanminus local::lib Then take this install into account in the current environment perl -I ~/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib # just to see the variables eval `perl -I ~/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib` # doing the variables assigments If you want to have always this setting in your environment then run the commands echo 'eval `perl -I ~/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib`' >> ~/.profile echo 'export MANPATH=$HOME/perl5/man:$MANPATH' >> ~/.profile cat ~/.profile . ~/.profile Now let's update the standard CPAN Perl module cpanm CPAN The specific install part for imapsync begins, the script "prerequisites_imapsync" helps to verify what is needed to install on your system curl -L http://imapsync.lamiral.info/INSTALL.d/prerequisites_imapsync > prerequisites_imapsync sh prerequisites_imapsync cpanm Authen::NTLM cpanm IO::Tee cpanm Mail::IMAPClient # File::Copy::Recursive? cpanm Unicode::String cpanm Sys::MemInfo cpanm File::Tail cpanm Proc::ProcessTable cpanm Test::MockObject cpanm Readonly cpanm Data::Uniqid cpanm JSON::WebToken We're ready to install and test the latest imapsync curl -L http://imapsync.lamiral.info/imapsync > imapsync chmod +x imapsync ./imapsync ./imapsync --testslive ./imapsync --tests You can rerun "sh prerequisites_imapsync" to verify everything is ok: sh prerequisites_imapsync When everything is ok the script execution ends with this sentence "All needed modules are already installed" ======================================================================= E) Building imapsync binary on Darwin / Mac OS X ======================================================================= cpanm Module::ScanDeps cpanm PAR::Packer pp -x -u -o imapsync.bin imapsync ./imapsync.bin ./imapsync.bin --testslive ./imapsync.bin --tests ./imapsync.bin --module ======================================================================= =======================================================================