How to Install Gray Duck Mail on Arch Linux

In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps for installing Gray Duck Mail, a privacy-focused email client, on Arch Linux.

Prerequisites

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.