postfinger on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 26,2024

1. Install "postfinger" 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 postfinger on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall postfinger on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 872462
Name: postfinger
PackageBaseID: 118104
PackageBase: postfinger
Version: 1.31-1
Description: captures Postfix configuration for reporting errors
URL: https://github.com/ford--prefect/postfinger
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: fordprefect
Submitter: fordprefect
FirstSubmitted: 1482491831
LastModified: 1614871240
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/postfinger.tar.gz