pullimap command not found

Introduction

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

pullimap: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: pullimap: command not found

Solutions to pullimap: command not found

How To Fix pullimap: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu pullimap is provided by pullimap package.

pullimap is:

PullIMAP retrieves messages from an IMAP mailbox and deliver them to an SMTP or LMTP transmission channel. It can also remove old messages after a configurable retention period.

A statefile is used to keep track of the mailbox’s UIDVALIDITY and UIDNEXT values. While PullIMAP is running, the statefile is also used to keep track of UIDs being delivered, which avoids duplicate deliveries if the process is interrupted.

PullIMAP supports the COMPRESS=DEFLATE extension from [RFC4978]. It is enabled by default on servers advertising it, in order to reduce network traffic, especially for long-lived connections (when IDLE commands are enabled.)

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

sudo apt-get -y install pullimap

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

You can also use apt command to install pullimap.

sudo apt -y install pullimap

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

sudo aptitude install pullimap

Summary

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