How to Install Postal on EndeavourOS Latest

In this tutorial, we will guide you step by step through the process of installing Postal on EndeavourOS Latest. Postal is a complete and open source mail server that supports SMTP, POP3, and IMAP. Please follow the below steps to install the Postal Server.

Prerequisites

Before we get started, we need to make sure that our system has the following prerequisites installed:

  • Ruby v2.7 or higher
  • MySQL v5.5 or higher
  • Redis v2.8 or higher
  • RabbitMQ v3.6 or higher
  • Git v1.8 or higher

To install these prerequisites, you can use the following commands:

sudo pacman -S ruby mysql redis rabbitmq-server git

Install Postal

Now that we have installed the prerequisites, we can proceed with the installation of Postal. Follow the steps below:

  1. Install prerequisites for Postal:
sudo pacman -S build-essential libsqlite3-dev libpq-dev libmysqlclient-dev ruby-dev libssl-dev zlib1g-dev
  1. Clone the Postal repository:
git clone https://github.com/postalhq/postal.git /opt/postal
  1. Change to the Postal directory:
cd /opt/postal
  1. Run the Postal installer:
sudo ./bin/postal install
  1. Follow the prompts on the screen to configure your Postal installation.

Start Postal

To start Postal, run the following command:

sudo postal start

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have covered the steps to install Postal on EndeavourOS Latest. Postal is a powerful mail server with many features and is open source. If you have any questions or encounter issues during the installation process, please post them in the comments section below.