mailcrypt on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: June 23,2024

1. Install "mailcrypt" 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 mailcrypt on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall mailcrypt on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "mailcrypt" 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 mailcrypt's git locally


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


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

ID: 311384
Name: mailcrypt
PackageBaseID: 28365
PackageBase: mailcrypt
Version: 3.5.9-6
Description: Emacs interface to PGP and GnuPG
URL: http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/
NumVotes: 8
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: MarsSeed
Submitter: sergej
FirstSubmitted: 1247752777
LastModified: 1465412253
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/mailcrypt.tar.gz