mbsync-get-cert command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix mbsync-get-cert command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

mbsync-get-cert: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mbsync-get-cert: command not found

Solutions to mbsync-get-cert: command not found

How To Fix mbsync-get-cert: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu mbsync-get-cert is provided by isync package.

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.

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)

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install isync

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install isync.

sudo apt -y install isync

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install isync

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix mbsync-get-cert command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.