How to Install Hawkpost on Manjaro

Hawkpost is a privacy-focused email forwarding service that allows users to send and receive emails without revealing their actual email address. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the process of installing Hawkpost on Manjaro, which is a popular Linux distribution.

Prerequisites

Before you can install Hawkpost on your Manjaro system, you need to have the following:

Installing Hawkpost

Here are the steps to install Hawkpost on Manjaro:

  1. First, open up a terminal on your Manjaro system. You can do this by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T or by using the application launcher.

  2. Next, you need to download the Hawkpost application. You can do this by running the following command in your terminal:

wget https://github.com/vladimirkovac/hawkpost/releases/download/2.0.4/hawkpost-cli_2.0.4_linux_amd64.tar.gz

This will download the latest version of the Hawkpost CLI tool.

  1. Once the download is complete, you need to extract the contents of the downloaded file. You can do this by running the following command in your terminal:
tar -xf hawkpost-cli_2.0.4_linux_amd64.tar.gz

This will create a new directory called hawkpost-cli in your current directory.

  1. Next, you need to move the hawkpost binary to a directory that is included in your system's $PATH. You can do this by running the following command in your terminal:
sudo mv hawkpost-cli/hawkpost /usr/local/bin/

This will move the hawkpost binary to the /usr/local/bin/ directory, which is included in your system's PATH.

  1. Finally, you need to verify that Hawkpost is installed correctly. You can do this by running the following command in your terminal:
hawkpost --version

If Hawkpost is installed correctly, you should see the version number printed in your terminal output.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Hawkpost on your Manjaro system. You can now use Hawkpost to send and receive emails securely and anonymously.

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