mpack on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 01,2025

1. Install "mpack" 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 mpack on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall mpack on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 774833
Name: mpack
PackageBaseID: 156413
PackageBase: mpack
Version: 1.6-5
Description: Utilities for encoding and decoding binaries files in MIME format mail messages
URL: http://ftp.andrew.cmu.edu/pub/mpack/
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: the-k
Submitter: the-k
FirstSubmitted: 1596638168
LastModified: 1596638168
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/mpack.tar.gz