procmail on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 08,2024

1. Install "procmail" 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 procmail on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall procmail on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1256905
Name: procmail
PackageBaseID: 177580
PackageBase: procmail
Version: 3.24-3
Description: Highly configurable auto mail processing.
URL: https://github.com/BuGlessRB/procmail
NumVotes: 15
Popularity: 0.080061
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: bjo
Submitter: arojas
FirstSubmitted: 1648836850
LastModified: 1683881640
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/procmail.tar.gz