%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ GMime The GMime package contains a set of utilities for parsing and creating messages using the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) as defined by the applicable RFCs. See the GMime web site for the RFCs resourced. This is useful as it provides an API which adheres to the MIME specification as closely as possible while also providing programmers with an extremely easy to use interface to the API functions. Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &gmime-md5sum; Download size: &gmime-size; Estimated disk space required: &gmime-buildsize; Estimated build time: &gmime-time; Note: the package version listed above is considered to be in the development branch of GMime. This version is used in the BLFS book, as the only package that requires it, Balsa, requires a version equal to or greater than 2.1.9. Not to worry though, as the maintainer has this to say about the versions: at this time, even though 2.1.x has not made the final 2.2.0 release, it is considered more stable and more robust than the 2.0.x series. You can see this quote at . GMime Dependencies Required Optional Gtk# (requires a .NET framework: Mono or DotGNU Portable.NET) Install GMime by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr && make This package does not come with a test suite. Now, as the root user: This package will overwrite the uudecode and uuencode programs installed by the sharutils package (or any other package that may install these programs) if they exist in /usr/bin. If you wish to preserve the existing programs, ensure you rename them before issuing the following commands. make install && install -v -m755 \ -d /usr/share/doc/gmime-&gmime-version;/{tutorial,examples,tests} && install -v -m644 README /usr/share/doc/gmime-&gmime-version; && install -v -m644 examples/{README,{basic,imap}-example.c} \ /usr/share/doc/gmime-&gmime-version;/examples && install -v -m755 examples/{basic,imap}-example \ /usr/share/doc/gmime-&gmime-version;/examples && install -v -m644 tests/test-{best,html,iconv,mbox,mime,parser}.c \ /usr/share/doc/gmime-&gmime-version;/tests && install -v -m644 tests/test{-{partial,pgp{,mime},streams}.c,?.eml} \ /usr/share/doc/gmime-&gmime-version;/tests && install -v -m755 tests/test-{best,html,iconv,mbox,mime,parser} \ /usr/share/doc/gmime-&gmime-version;/tests && install -v -m755 tests/test-{partial,pgp{,mime},streams} \ /usr/share/doc/gmime-&gmime-version;/tests && cp -v -R docs/tutorial/html/* /usr/share/doc/gmime-2.1.17/tutorial Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories gmime-config, uudecode and uuencode libgmime-2.0.[so,a] and optionally, Mono bindings /usr/include/gmime-2.0, /usr/lib/mono/gac/gmime-sharp, /usr/lib/mono/gmime-sharp, /usr/share/doc/gmime-2.1.17 and /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gmime Short Descriptions gmime-config is used to gather information about how and where GMime was installed. It is typically used by other programs seeking to link to the GMime library. gmime-config uudecode is used to decode files or data encoded with uuencode. uudecode uuencode is a method of encoding binary data into 7-bit ASCII data. uuencode libgmime-2.0.[so,a] contains API functions used by programs that need to adhere to the MIME standards. libgmime-2.0.[so,a]