[16998db6] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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[6732c094] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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[16998db6] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[6f15e833] | 7 | <!ENTITY balsa-download-http "http://pawsa.fedorapeople.org/balsa/balsa-&balsa-version;.tar.bz2">
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[16998db6] | 8 | <!ENTITY balsa-download-ftp " ">
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[31cca44] | 9 | <!ENTITY balsa-md5sum "b936cfdeedff6f231787dfd9a5c108ba">
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[7546a1cd] | 10 | <!ENTITY balsa-size "4.3 MB">
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[ee5e397] | 11 | <!ENTITY balsa-buildsize "67 MB">
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[2216c1b1] | 12 | <!ENTITY balsa-time "0.5 SBU">
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[16998db6] | 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[19234f1] | 15 | <sect1 id="balsa" xreflabel="Balsa-&balsa-version;">
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[9d2d426b] | 16 | <?dbhtml filename="balsa.html" ?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 21 | </sect1info>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <title>Balsa-&balsa-version;</title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <indexterm zone="balsa">
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| 26 | <primary sortas="a-Balsa">Balsa</primary>
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| 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 30 | <title>Introduction to Balsa</title>
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| 31 |
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[622c1021] | 32 | <para>
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| 33 | The <application>Balsa</application> package contains a
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| 34 | <application>GNOME</application>-2 based mail client.
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| 35 | </para>
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[9d2d426b] | 36 |
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[c9ea6c54] | 37 | &lfs91_checked;
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[a51c847] | 38 |
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[9d2d426b] | 39 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 40 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 41 | <listitem>
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[622c1021] | 42 | <para>
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| 43 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&balsa-download-http;"/>
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| 44 | </para>
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[9d2d426b] | 45 | </listitem>
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| 46 | <listitem>
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[622c1021] | 47 | <para>
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| 48 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&balsa-download-ftp;"/>
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| 49 | </para>
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[9d2d426b] | 50 | </listitem>
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| 51 | <listitem>
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[622c1021] | 52 | <para>
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| 53 | Download MD5 sum: &balsa-md5sum;
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| 54 | </para>
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[9d2d426b] | 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 | <listitem>
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[622c1021] | 57 | <para>
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| 58 | Download size: &balsa-size;
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| 59 | </para>
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[9d2d426b] | 60 | </listitem>
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| 61 | <listitem>
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[622c1021] | 62 | <para>
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| 63 | Estimated disk space required: &balsa-buildsize;
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| 64 | </para>
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[9d2d426b] | 65 | </listitem>
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| 66 | <listitem>
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[622c1021] | 67 | <para>
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| 68 | Estimated build time: &balsa-time;
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| 69 | </para>
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[9d2d426b] | 70 | </listitem>
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| 71 | </itemizedlist>
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| 72 |
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| 73 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Balsa Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 74 |
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| 75 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[38d4077] | 76 | <para role="required">
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[e5f7eee] | 77 | <xref linkend="aspell"/>,
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[b2208110] | 78 | <xref linkend="enchant"/>,
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| 79 | <xref linkend="gmime"/>,
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[9cb3c66d] | 80 | <xref linkend='gpgme'/>, and
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[b2208110] | 81 | <xref linkend="rarian"/>
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[38d4077] | 82 | </para>
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[9d2d426b] | 83 |
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[9cb3c66d] | 84 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required (Runtime)</bridgehead>
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| 85 | <para role="required">
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| 86 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="server-mail"/> (that provides a
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| 87 | <command>sendmail</command> command)
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| 88 | </para>
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| 89 |
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[39c49464] | 90 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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[38d4077] | 91 | <para role="recommended">
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| 92 | <xref linkend="pcre"/>
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| 93 | </para>
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[39c49464] | 94 |
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[9d2d426b] | 95 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[38d4077] | 96 | <para role="optional">
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| 97 | <xref linkend="compface"/>,
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[b2208110] | 98 | <xref linkend="gtksourceview"/>,
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[38d4077] | 99 | <xref linkend="libnotify"/>,
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[b2208110] | 100 | <xref linkend="mitkrb"/>,
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| 101 | <xref linkend="openldap"/>,
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[9a7afe6e] | 102 | <xref linkend="sqlite"/>,
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[e5f7eee] | 103 | <xref linkend="webkitgtk"/>,
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| 104 | <ulink url="&gnome-download-http;/yelp-tools/">yelp-tools</ulink>, and
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| 105 | <ulink url="https://pypi.python.org/pypi/html2text/">python-html2text</ulink>
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[38d4077] | 106 | </para>
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[9d2d426b] | 107 |
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[38e4f06] | 108 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 109 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/balsa"/></para>
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| 110 |
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[9d2d426b] | 111 | </sect2>
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| 112 |
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| 113 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 114 | <title>Installation of Balsa</title>
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| 115 |
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[622c1021] | 116 | <para>
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| 117 | Install <application>Balsa</application> by running the following
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| 118 | commands:
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| 119 | </para>
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[9d2d426b] | 120 |
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[9a7afe6e] | 121 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 122 | --sysconfdir=/etc \
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[56ce09e] | 123 | --localstatedir=/var/lib \
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[38d4077] | 124 | --without-html-widget \
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[e5f7eee] | 125 | --without-libnotify &&
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[b0557208] | 126 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 127 |
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[622c1021] | 128 | <para>
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| 129 | This package does not come with a test suite.
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| 130 | </para>
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[b0557208] | 131 |
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[622c1021] | 132 | <para>
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| 133 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 134 | </para>
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[b0557208] | 135 |
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| 136 | <screen role='root'><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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[16998db6] | 137 |
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[9d2d426b] | 138 | </sect2>
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[16998db6] | 139 |
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[9d2d426b] | 140 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 141 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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[16998db6] | 142 |
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[e5f7eee] | 143 | <!-- Removed from 2.5.3
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[622c1021] | 144 | <para>
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| 145 | <parameter>- -with-rubrica</parameter>: This parameter is used
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| 146 | to provide Rubrica2 address book support.
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| 147 | </para>
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[e5f7eee] | 148 | -->
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[16998db6] | 149 |
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[622c1021] | 150 | <para>
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| 151 | <option>--enable-smime</option>: Use this option to enable S/MIME
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| 152 | support if <application>GnuPG-2.x.x</application> is installed.
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| 153 | </para>
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[c51f263] | 154 |
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[622c1021] | 155 | <para>
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| 156 | <option>--with-canberra</option>: Enable libcanberra support.
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| 157 | </para>
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[c51f263] | 158 |
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[622c1021] | 159 | <para>
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| 160 | <option>--with-compface</option>: Enable compface support.
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| 161 | </para>
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[c51f263] | 162 |
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[622c1021] | 163 | <para>
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| 164 | <option>--with-gcr</option>: Use libgcr for TLS support.
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| 165 | </para>
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[c51f263] | 166 |
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[622c1021] | 167 | <para>
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| 168 | <option>--with-gss</option>: Enable GSSAPI support.
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| 169 | </para>
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[16998db6] | 170 |
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[622c1021] | 171 | <para>
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| 172 | <option>--with-ldap</option>: Use this option to enable LDAP address
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| 173 | book support if <application>OpenLDAP</application> is installed.
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| 174 | </para>
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[16998db6] | 175 |
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[622c1021] | 176 | <para>
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| 177 | <option>--with-libsecret</option>: Enable strong password
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| 178 | support.
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| 179 | </para>
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[ebb3545c] | 180 |
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[622c1021] | 181 | <para>
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| 182 | <option>--with-gpgme</option>: Use this option to enable GPG support
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| 183 | if <quote><application>GnuPG</application> Made Easy</quote>
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| 184 | (<application>GPGME</application>) is installed.
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| 185 | </para>
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[77fabc9] | 186 |
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[622c1021] | 187 | <para>
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| 188 | <option>--with-html-widget</option>: enable the html renderer (remove
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| 189 | <parameter>--without-html-widget</parameter>).
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| 190 | </para>
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[c51f263] | 191 |
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[622c1021] | 192 | <para>
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| 193 | <option>--with-sqlite</option>: Use this option to enable SQLite
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| 194 | address book support if <application>SQLite</application> is
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| 195 | installed.
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| 196 | </para>
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[16998db6] | 197 |
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[9d2d426b] | 198 | </sect2>
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[16998db6] | 199 |
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[9d2d426b] | 200 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 201 | <title>Configuring Balsa</title>
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[16998db6] | 202 |
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[9d2d426b] | 203 | <sect3>
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| 204 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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[16998db6] | 205 |
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[622c1021] | 206 | <para>
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| 207 | All configuration of <application>Balsa</application> is done
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| 208 | through the <application>Balsa</application> menu system, with mailbox
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| 209 | configuration done with the Settings—>Preferences menu.
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| 210 | </para>
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| 211 |
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| 212 | <para>
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| 213 | If you are unable to connect to your ISP, they probably don't
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| 214 | support APOP. Disable it in Settings/Preferences/POP3/advanced.
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| 215 | </para>
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| 216 |
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| 217 | <para>
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| 218 | If you enable filters for your incoming POP3 mail, you must have
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| 219 | <xref linkend="procmail"/> installed, as the incoming mail will be
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| 220 | handed off to <command>procmail</command> for processing.
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| 221 | </para>
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[ebb3545c] | 222 |
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[9d2d426b] | 223 | </sect3>
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[16998db6] | 224 |
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[9d2d426b] | 225 | </sect2>
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[16998db6] | 226 |
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[9d2d426b] | 227 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 228 | <title>Contents</title>
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[16998db6] | 229 |
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[9d2d426b] | 230 | <segmentedlist>
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[ebb3545c] | 231 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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[9d2d426b] | 232 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 233 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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[16998db6] | 234 |
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[9d2d426b] | 235 | <seglistitem>
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[ebb3545c] | 236 | <seg>balsa and balsa-ab</seg>
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[9d2d426b] | 237 | <seg>None</seg>
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[e5f7eee] | 238 | <seg>/etc/sounds/events,
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| 239 | /usr/share/balsa,
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| 240 | and /usr/share/sounds/balsa</seg>
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[9d2d426b] | 241 | </seglistitem>
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| 242 | </segmentedlist>
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[16998db6] | 243 |
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[9d2d426b] | 244 | <variablelist>
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| 245 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 246 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 247 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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[16998db6] | 248 |
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[9d2d426b] | 249 | <varlistentry id="balsa-prog">
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| 250 | <term><command>balsa</command></term>
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| 251 | <listitem>
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[9a7afe6e] | 252 | <para>
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| 253 | is a glib based mail client.
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| 254 | </para>
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[9d2d426b] | 255 | <indexterm zone="balsa balsa-prog">
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| 256 | <primary sortas="b-balsa">balsa</primary>
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| 257 | </indexterm>
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| 258 | </listitem>
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| 259 | </varlistentry>
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[2b4194f] | 260 |
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[9a7afe6e] | 261 | <varlistentry id="balsa-ab">
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| 262 | <term><command>balsa-ab</command></term>
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| 263 | <listitem>
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| 264 | <para>
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| 265 | is the address-book application used by <command>balsa</command>.
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| 266 | </para>
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| 267 | <indexterm zone="balsa balsa-ab">
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| 268 | <primary sortas="b-balsa">balsa-ab</primary>
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| 269 | </indexterm>
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| 270 | </listitem>
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| 271 | </varlistentry>
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| 272 |
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[9d2d426b] | 273 | </variablelist>
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| 274 |
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| 275 | </sect2>
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[2b4194f] | 276 |
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[9d2d426b] | 277 | </sect1>
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