getmail6 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "getmail6" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install getmail6 on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall getmail6 on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "getmail6" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone getmail6's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/getmail6.git 
            
                        
                ~/getmail6
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/getmail6 folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/getmail6
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the getmail6 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1319606
Name: getmail6
PackageBaseID: 155557
PackageBase: getmail6
Version: 6.18.13-1
Description: mail retriever with support for POP3, IMAP4, SDPS; fork of getmail 5.14 modified to support python3
URL: http://getmail6.org/
NumVotes: 12
Popularity: 1.41174
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: ido
Submitter: Kr1ss
FirstSubmitted: 1595006442
LastModified: 1694849997
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/getmail6.tar.gz