In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps for installing Gray Duck Mail, a privacy-focused email client, on Arch Linux.
Before we begin, you must have the following:
To install Gray Duck Mail, we first need to install some dependencies. Open a terminal and update the system package list:
sudo pacman -Syu
Next, install the dependencies needed for building applications:
sudo pacman -S base-devel
Lastly, install the dependencies required by Gray Duck Mail:
sudo pacman -S libsecret libnotify libgtk-3 libappindicator-gtk3
With our dependencies installed, we can now download Gray Duck Mail from its official website by running:
wget https://grayduckmail.com/linux/GrayDuckMail-latest.tar.gz
Next, extract the downloaded archive by running:
tar xzf GrayDuckMail-latest.tar.gz
Navigate to the Gray Duck Mail directory:
cd GrayDuckMail-*
And finally, run the install script:
sudo ./install.sh
The script will install Gray Duck Mail to /opt/grayduckmail/.
Once the installation is complete, launch Gray Duck Mail by running:
/opt/grayduckmail/GrayDuckMail
You can also create a shortcut to launch Gray Duck Mail more easily.
That's it! You have successfully installed Gray Duck Mail on Arch Linux. Enjoy your private and secure email client.
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