sendmail on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "sendmail" 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 sendmail on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall sendmail on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1268184
Name: sendmail
PackageBaseID: 27819
PackageBase: sendmail
Version: 8.17.2-1
Description: A general purpose internetwork email routing MTA
URL: http://www.sendmail.org
NumVotes: 138
Popularity: 0.753734
OutOfDate: 1706717313
Maintainer: amish
Submitter:
FirstSubmitted: 1246326621
LastModified: 1685936723
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/sendmail.tar.gz