glfs/xsoft/other/balsa.xml
Randy McMurchy 28655a5c5b Updated dependencies to reflect new packages added to BLFS; also updated the Credits page
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
%general-entities;
<!ENTITY balsa-download-http "http://balsa.gnome.org/balsa-&balsa-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY balsa-download-ftp " ">
<!ENTITY balsa-md5sum "a1c7fe3454243f1719a19fcdb0905948">
<!ENTITY balsa-size "2.4 MB">
<!ENTITY balsa-buildsize "52.2 MB">
<!ENTITY balsa-time "0.7 SBU">
]>
<sect1 id="balsa" xreflabel="Balsa-&balsa-version;">
<?dbhtml filename="balsa.html" ?>
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<title>Balsa-&balsa-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="balsa">
<primary sortas="a-Balsa">Balsa</primary>
</indexterm>
<sect2 role="package">
<title>Introduction to Balsa</title>
<para>The <application>Balsa</application> package contains a
<application>GNOME</application>-2 based mail client.</para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<listitem>
<para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&balsa-download-http;"/></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&balsa-download-ftp;"/></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Download MD5 sum: &balsa-md5sum;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Download size: &balsa-size;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Estimated disk space required: &balsa-buildsize;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Estimated build time: &balsa-time;</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Balsa Dependencies</bridgehead>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
<para role="required"><xref linkend="libgnomeui"/>,
<xref linkend="libgnomeprintui"/>,
<xref linkend="scrollkeeper"/>,
<xref linkend="aspell"/>, and
<xref linkend="gmime"/></para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
<para role="recommended"><xref linkend="libesmtp"/>
(required for outgoing SMTP service)</para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
<para role="optional"><xref linkend="libgtkhtml"/>,
<xref linkend="gtksourceview"/>,
<xref linkend="openssl"/>,
<xref linkend="openldap"/>,
<xref linkend="pcre"/>,
<xref linkend="compface"/>,
<ulink url="http://gtkspell.sourceforge.net/">GtkSpell</ulink> (provides
on-the-fly as you type spell checking),
an <xref linkend="server-mail"/> (that provides a
<command>sendmail</command> command),
<xref linkend="heimdal"/> or <xref linkend="mitkrb"/>, and
<ulink url="http://www.sqlite.org/">SQLite</ulink></para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional to Build Experimental S/MIME Support</bridgehead>
<para role="optional">
<ulink url="http://www.gnupg.org/download/index.html#gpgme">GPGME</ulink>
(requires <xref linkend="gnupg2"/>)</para>
<para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
<ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/balsa"/></para>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Balsa</title>
<para>Install <application>Balsa</application> by running the following
commands:</para>
<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0) \
--sysconfdir=&gnome-etc-dir; \
--localstatedir=/var/lib \
--mandir=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix \
ORBit-2.0)/share/man \
--with-gtkhtml=no &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>
<para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
<para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
<screen role='root'><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="commands">
<title>Command Explanations</title>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
href="../../xincludes/gnome-prefix.xml"/>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
href="../../xincludes/gnome-sysconfdir.xml"/>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
href="../../xincludes/scrollkeeper-dir.xml"/>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
href="../../xincludes/gnome-mandir.xml"/>
<para><parameter>--with-gtkhtml=no</parameter>: This parameter is used if
you don't have <application>libgtkhtml</application> installed. Remove
this parameter if the package is installed. Note that you won't be able to
read or write HTML formatted mail messages if you use this parameter.</para>
<para><parameter>--with-esmtp=no</parameter>: Use this parameter if
you don't have <application>libESMTP</application> installed.</para>
<para><option>--with-ssl</option>: Use this option to enable SSL support if
<application>OpenSSL</application> is installed.</para>
<para><option>--with-ldap</option>: Use this option to enable LDAP address
book support if <application>OpenLDAP</application> is installed.</para>
<para><option>--with-sqlite</option>: Use this option to enable SQLite
address book support if <application>SQLite</application> is
installed.</para>
<para><option>--with-gpgme</option>: Use this option to enable GPG support
if <quote><application>GnuPG</application> Made Easy</quote>
(<application>GPGME</application>) is installed.</para>
<para><option>--enable-smime</option>: Use this option to enable S/MIME
support if <application>GnuPG-2.x.x</application> is installed.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="configuration">
<title>Configuring Balsa</title>
<sect3>
<title>Configuration Information</title>
<para>All configuration of <application>Balsa</application> is done
through the <application>Balsa</application> menu system, with mailbox
configuration done with the Settings&mdash;&gt;Preferences menu.</para>
<para>If you are unable to connect to your ISP, they probably don't
support APOP. Disable it in Settings/Preferences/POP3/advanced.</para>
<para>If you enable filters for your incoming POP3 mail, you must have
<xref linkend="procmail"/> installed, as the incoming mail will be
handed off to <command>procmail</command> for processing.</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="content">
<title>Contents</title>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>balsa and balsa-ab</seg>
<seg>None</seg>
<seg>The following subdirectories of
<envar>$GNOME_PREFIX</envar>/share/:
{gnome/help, omf, sounds}/balsa</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
<varlistentry id="balsa-prog">
<term><command>balsa</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>is a <application>GNOME</application>-2 based mail
client.</para>
<indexterm zone="balsa balsa-prog">
<primary sortas="b-balsa">balsa</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
</sect1>