How to Install Excision Mail on Arch Linux

Excision Mail is a free, open-source email client that is designed to offer fast and secure email communication. The following tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Excision Mail on Arch Linux.

Prerequisites

Before we begin the installation process, you need to make sure that your Arch Linux system is up-to-date. To do this, open the terminal on your Arch Linux system and run the following command:

sudo pacman -Syu

Step 1: Install Git

Git is a version control system that is used to download the Excision Mail source code from GitHub. To install Git on your Arch Linux system, run the following command in your terminal:

sudo pacman -S git

Step 2: Clone Excision Mail Repository

Once Git is installed, you can clone the Excision Mail repository from GitHub using Git. To do this, run the following command in your terminal:

git clone https://github.com/Excision-Mail/Excision-Mail.git

This command will download the Excision Mail source code from GitHub to your local machine.

Step 3: Install Required Dependencies

Before we can build Excision Mail, we need to install some dependencies. To do this, run the following command in your terminal:

sudo pacman -S cmake qt5-base qt5-tools qt5-webengine qt5-websockets

This will install the necessary dependencies for building and running Excision Mail.

Step 4: Build Excision Mail

Now, we can build Excision Mail from the source code. To do this, navigate into the Excision Mail directory that you cloned earlier by running the following command:

cd Excision-Mail

Next, create a build directory and navigate into it:

mkdir build
cd build

Now, we can use CMake to generate the build files:

cmake ..

Finally, we can build Excision Mail using make:

make

This process can take a few minutes depending on your system's performance.

Step 5: Install Excision Mail

Once the build process is complete, you can install Excision Mail by running:

sudo make install

This will install Excision Mail on your Arch Linux machine.

Step 6: Launch Excision Mail

Now that Excision Mail is installed, you can launch it by typing the following command in your terminal:

excisionmail

This will launch the Excision Mail application, and you can start using it for all your email communication needs.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Excision Mail on your Arch Linux machine. This email client is a great open-source alternative to the proprietary email clients available on the market. Enjoy using it!

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