Installing Chasquid on EndeavourOS Latest

Chasquid is a lightweight SMTP server designed for modern environments, created by Andres Erbsen. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Chasquid on EndeavourOS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before installing Chasquid, you need to make sure that the following packages are installed on your system:

  • build-essential
  • cmake
  • automake
  • libssl-dev
  • libevent-dev
  • libsystemd-dev

You can install these packages by running the following command in a terminal:

sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel cmake automake openssl libevent libsystemd

Installing Chasquid

To install Chasquid on EndeavourOS Latest, follow these steps:

  1. Download the Chasquid source code from the official website:
wget https://blitiri.com.ar/p/chasquid/releases/chasquid-1.12.tar.gz
  1. Extract the downloaded archive:
tar -xf chasquid-1.12.tar.gz
  1. Move into the extracted directory:
cd chasquid-1.12
  1. Configure the build using cmake:
cmake .
  1. Build and install Chasquid:
make
sudo make install
  1. Verify that Chasquid is installed correctly by running the following command:
chasquid -h

If Chasquid is installed correctly, you should see the following output:

chasquid version 1.12, running on Linux
Usage: chasquid [-hv] [-c CONFIG_FILE] [-D FIELD=VALUE] ...

Configuring Chasquid

By default, Chasquid is installed using the following configuration file:

/etc/chasquid/chasquid.conf

You can modify this file to configure Chasquid to meet your specific needs. Additionally, you can create virtual users by creating the following directory:

/var/spool/chasquid/users

Once the directory is created, you can create a separate directory for each user, and then create the following files inside each directory:

passwd: contains the user's password in clear text
shadow: contains the user's password hashed using SHA256

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Chasquid on EndeavourOS Latest. You can now start using Chasquid to send and receive email on your system. If you have any questions or issues, please refer to the official documentation or the Chasquid mailing list.