mailcap-mime-types on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "mailcap-mime-types" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

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

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install mailcap-mime-types on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S mailcap-mime-types

* (Optional) Uninstall mailcap-mime-types on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns mailcap-mime-types

2. Manually Install "mailcap-mime-types" via AUR

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

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone mailcap-mime-types's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/mailcap-mime-types.git ~/mailcap-mime-types

c. Go to ~/mailcap-mime-types folder and install it

$ cd ~/mailcap-mime-types $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the mailcap-mime-types package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 729856
Name: mailcap-mime-types
PackageBaseID: 138375
PackageBase: mailcap-mime-types
Version: 2.1.49-1
Description: A modern /etc/mime.types file from mailcap
URL: https://pagure.io/mailcap
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1630615226
Maintainer: ioquatix
FirstSubmitted: 1546039466
LastModified: 1588430560
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/mailcap-mime-types.tar.gz