msgviewer on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 12,2025

1. Install "msgviewer" 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 msgviewer on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall msgviewer on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 728020
Name: msgviewer
PackageBaseID: 113809
PackageBase: msgviewer
Version: 1.9-1
Description: MsgViewer is email-viewer utility for .msg e-mail messages, implemented in pure Java.
URL: https://sourceforge.net/projects/msgviewer/
NumVotes: 5
Popularity: 0.003872
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: maxdevaine
Submitter: maxdevaine
FirstSubmitted: 1468963022
LastModified: 1588108677
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/msgviewer.tar.gz