[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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[d40dd18] | 7 | <!ENTITY balsa-download-http "https://pawsa.fedorapeople.org/balsa/balsa-&balsa-version;.tar.xz">
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[16998db6] | 8 | <!ENTITY balsa-download-ftp " ">
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[ee7740c8] | 9 | <!ENTITY balsa-md5sum "bebd22cb6bac87ee05255c48ee1d28dd">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY balsa-size "3.5 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY balsa-buildsize "66 MB">
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[bd17317] | 12 | <!ENTITY balsa-time "0.2 SBU (Using parallelism=4)">
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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 |
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| 19 | <title>Balsa-&balsa-version;</title>
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| 20 |
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| 21 | <indexterm zone="balsa">
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| 22 | <primary sortas="a-Balsa">Balsa</primary>
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| 23 | </indexterm>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 26 | <title>Introduction to Balsa</title>
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| 27 |
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[622c1021] | 28 | <para>
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| 29 | The <application>Balsa</application> package contains a
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| 30 | <application>GNOME</application>-2 based mail client.
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| 31 | </para>
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[9d2d426b] | 32 |
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[6fe9820e] | 33 | &lfs113_checked;
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[a51c847] | 34 |
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[9d2d426b] | 35 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 36 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 37 | <listitem>
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[622c1021] | 38 | <para>
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| 39 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&balsa-download-http;"/>
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| 40 | </para>
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[9d2d426b] | 41 | </listitem>
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| 42 | <listitem>
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[622c1021] | 43 | <para>
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| 44 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&balsa-download-ftp;"/>
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| 45 | </para>
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[9d2d426b] | 46 | </listitem>
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| 47 | <listitem>
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[622c1021] | 48 | <para>
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| 49 | Download MD5 sum: &balsa-md5sum;
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| 50 | </para>
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[9d2d426b] | 51 | </listitem>
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| 52 | <listitem>
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[622c1021] | 53 | <para>
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| 54 | Download size: &balsa-size;
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| 55 | </para>
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[9d2d426b] | 56 | </listitem>
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| 57 | <listitem>
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[622c1021] | 58 | <para>
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| 59 | Estimated disk space required: &balsa-buildsize;
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| 60 | </para>
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[9d2d426b] | 61 | </listitem>
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| 62 | <listitem>
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[622c1021] | 63 | <para>
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| 64 | Estimated build time: &balsa-time;
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| 65 | </para>
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[9d2d426b] | 66 | </listitem>
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| 67 | </itemizedlist>
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| 68 |
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[ee7740c8] | 69 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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| 70 |
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| 71 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 72 | <listitem>
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| 73 | <para>
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[e1a0651] | 74 | Required patch:
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[fc11d2d] | 75 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/balsa-&balsa-version;-upstream_fixes-2.patch"/>
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[ee7740c8] | 76 | </para>
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| 77 | </listitem>
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| 78 | </itemizedlist>
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| 79 |
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[9d2d426b] | 80 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Balsa Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 81 |
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| 82 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[38d4077] | 83 | <para role="required">
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[e5f7eee] | 84 | <xref linkend="aspell"/>,
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[b2208110] | 85 | <xref linkend="enchant"/>,
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[bd17317] | 86 | <xref linkend="gmime3"/>,
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[3d9b01d] | 87 | <xref linkend="gpgme"/>,
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[bdcd7db] | 88 | <xref linkend="gtk3"/>, and
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| 89 | <xref linkend="libnotify"/>
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| 90 | <!--<xref linkend="rarian"/>-->
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[38d4077] | 91 | </para>
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[9d2d426b] | 92 |
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[9cb3c66d] | 93 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required (Runtime)</bridgehead>
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| 94 | <para role="required">
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| 95 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="server-mail"/> (that provides a
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| 96 | <command>sendmail</command> command)
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| 97 | </para>
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| 98 |
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[580ce98] | 99 | <!-- in 2.6.3 the only references to pcre are in the old spec file,
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| 100 | the INSTALL file which seems to be out of date,
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| 101 | and the ChangeLog where it was defaulted to off in 2008.
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| 102 | Not mentioned in configure.
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[39c49464] | 103 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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[38d4077] | 104 | <para role="recommended">
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| 105 | <xref linkend="pcre"/>
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[580ce98] | 106 | </para>-->
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[39c49464] | 107 |
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[9d2d426b] | 108 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[38d4077] | 109 | <para role="optional">
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| 110 | <xref linkend="compface"/>,
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[3d9b01d] | 111 | <xref linkend="gcr"/>,
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[b2208110] | 112 | <xref linkend="gtksourceview"/>,
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[3d9b01d] | 113 | <xref linkend="libcanberra"/>,
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| 114 | <xref linkend="libsecret"/>,
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[b2208110] | 115 | <xref linkend="mitkrb"/>,
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| 116 | <xref linkend="openldap"/>,
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[3d9b01d] | 117 | <xref linkend="procmail"/>,
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[9a7afe6e] | 118 | <xref linkend="sqlite"/>,
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[e5f7eee] | 119 | <xref linkend="webkitgtk"/>,
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[3d9b01d] | 120 | <ulink url="https://pypi.python.org/pypi/html2text/">html2text</ulink>,
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[75b1a338] | 121 | <ulink url="https://osmo-pim.sourceforge.net/">osmo</ulink>,
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[3d9b01d] | 122 | <ulink url="https://sourceforge.net/projects/rubrica.berlios/">rubrica</ulink>,
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| 123 | <ulink url="&gnome-download-http;/yelp-tools/">yelp-tools</ulink>
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[38d4077] | 124 | </para>
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[9d2d426b] | 125 |
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| 126 | </sect2>
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| 127 |
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| 128 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 129 | <title>Installation of Balsa</title>
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| 130 |
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[ee7740c8] | 131 | <para>
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[fc11d2d] | 132 | First, fix build issues when configuring without WebKitGTK+, or when
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| 133 | using WebKitGTK+-2.38 or later.
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[ee7740c8] | 134 | </para>
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| 135 |
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[fc11d2d] | 136 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../balsa-&balsa-version;-upstream_fixes-2.patch</userinput></screen>
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[ee7740c8] | 137 |
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[622c1021] | 138 | <para>
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| 139 | Install <application>Balsa</application> by running the following
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| 140 | commands:
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| 141 | </para>
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[9d2d426b] | 142 |
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[9a7afe6e] | 143 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 144 | --sysconfdir=/etc \
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[56ce09e] | 145 | --localstatedir=/var/lib \
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[d40dd18] | 146 | --without-html-widget &&
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[b0557208] | 147 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 148 |
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[622c1021] | 149 | <para>
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| 150 | This package does not come with a test suite.
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| 151 | </para>
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[b0557208] | 152 |
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[622c1021] | 153 | <para>
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| 154 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 155 | </para>
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[b0557208] | 156 |
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| 157 | <screen role='root'><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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[16998db6] | 158 |
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[9d2d426b] | 159 | </sect2>
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[16998db6] | 160 |
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[9d2d426b] | 161 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 162 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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[16998db6] | 163 |
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[3d9b01d] | 164 | <!-- Support has been added for this, but the option is still unrecognized.
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[622c1021] | 165 | <para>
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| 166 | <parameter>- -with-rubrica</parameter>: This parameter is used
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| 167 | to provide Rubrica2 address book support.
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| 168 | </para>
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[3d9b01d] | 169 | -->
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[16998db6] | 170 |
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[3d9b01d] | 171 | <!-- configure says this is an invalid option with 2.5.11
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[622c1021] | 172 | <para>
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[3d9b01d] | 173 | <option>- -enable-smime</option>: Use this option to enable S/MIME
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[622c1021] | 174 | support if <application>GnuPG-2.x.x</application> is installed.
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| 175 | </para>
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[3d9b01d] | 176 | -->
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| 177 |
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| 178 | <para>
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| 179 | <parameter>--without-html-widget</parameter>: This option disables
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| 180 | building the HTML renderer. If you want the HTML renderer to be built,
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| 181 | verify that you have <xref linkend="webkitgtk"/> installed, and then
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| 182 | remove this option.
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| 183 | </para>
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[c51f263] | 184 |
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[622c1021] | 185 | <para>
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| 186 | <option>--with-canberra</option>: Enable libcanberra support.
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| 187 | </para>
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[c51f263] | 188 |
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[622c1021] | 189 | <para>
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| 190 | <option>--with-compface</option>: Enable compface support.
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| 191 | </para>
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[c51f263] | 192 |
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[622c1021] | 193 | <para>
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| 194 | <option>--with-gcr</option>: Use libgcr for TLS support.
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| 195 | </para>
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[c51f263] | 196 |
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[622c1021] | 197 | <para>
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| 198 | <option>--with-gss</option>: Enable GSSAPI support.
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| 199 | </para>
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[16998db6] | 200 |
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[622c1021] | 201 | <para>
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| 202 | <option>--with-ldap</option>: Use this option to enable LDAP address
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| 203 | book support if <application>OpenLDAP</application> is installed.
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| 204 | </para>
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[16998db6] | 205 |
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[622c1021] | 206 | <para>
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| 207 | <option>--with-libsecret</option>: Enable strong password
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[3d9b01d] | 208 | support and support for gnome-keyring to store passwords.
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[622c1021] | 209 | </para>
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[ebb3545c] | 210 |
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[3d9b01d] | 211 | <!-- configure says this is an invalid option with 2.5.11
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[622c1021] | 212 | <para>
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[3d9b01d] | 213 | <option>- -with-gpgme</option>: Use this option to enable GPG support
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[622c1021] | 214 | if <quote><application>GnuPG</application> Made Easy</quote>
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| 215 | (<application>GPGME</application>) is installed.
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| 216 | </para>
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[3d9b01d] | 217 | -->
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[c51f263] | 218 |
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[622c1021] | 219 | <para>
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| 220 | <option>--with-sqlite</option>: Use this option to enable SQLite
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| 221 | address book support if <application>SQLite</application> is
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| 222 | installed.
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| 223 | </para>
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[16998db6] | 224 |
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[9d2d426b] | 225 | </sect2>
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[16998db6] | 226 |
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[3d9b01d] | 227 | <!-- All of this information is invalid. These options no longer exist since
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| 228 | Balsa was ported to GTK3.
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[9d2d426b] | 229 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 230 | <title>Configuring Balsa</title>
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[16998db6] | 231 |
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[9d2d426b] | 232 | <sect3>
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| 233 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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[16998db6] | 234 |
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[622c1021] | 235 | <para>
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| 236 | All configuration of <application>Balsa</application> is done
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| 237 | through the <application>Balsa</application> menu system, with mailbox
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| 238 | configuration done with the Settings—>Preferences menu.
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| 239 | </para>
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| 240 |
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| 241 | <para>
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| 242 | If you are unable to connect to your ISP, they probably don't
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| 243 | support APOP. Disable it in Settings/Preferences/POP3/advanced.
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| 244 | </para>
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| 245 |
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| 246 | <para>
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| 247 | If you enable filters for your incoming POP3 mail, you must have
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| 248 | <xref linkend="procmail"/> installed, as the incoming mail will be
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| 249 | handed off to <command>procmail</command> for processing.
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| 250 | </para>
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[ebb3545c] | 251 |
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[9d2d426b] | 252 | </sect3>
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[16998db6] | 253 |
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[9d2d426b] | 254 | </sect2>
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[3d9b01d] | 255 | -->
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[16998db6] | 256 |
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[9d2d426b] | 257 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 258 | <title>Contents</title>
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[16998db6] | 259 |
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[9d2d426b] | 260 | <segmentedlist>
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[ebb3545c] | 261 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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[9d2d426b] | 262 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 263 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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[16998db6] | 264 |
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[9d2d426b] | 265 | <seglistitem>
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[ebb3545c] | 266 | <seg>balsa and balsa-ab</seg>
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[9d2d426b] | 267 | <seg>None</seg>
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[e5f7eee] | 268 | <seg>/etc/sounds/events,
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[8558044] | 269 | /usr/share/balsa,
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[e5f7eee] | 270 | and /usr/share/sounds/balsa</seg>
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[9d2d426b] | 271 | </seglistitem>
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| 272 | </segmentedlist>
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[16998db6] | 273 |
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[9d2d426b] | 274 | <variablelist>
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| 275 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 276 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 277 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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[16998db6] | 278 |
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[9d2d426b] | 279 | <varlistentry id="balsa-prog">
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| 280 | <term><command>balsa</command></term>
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| 281 | <listitem>
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[9a7afe6e] | 282 | <para>
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[4c24eb0a] | 283 | is a glib based mail client
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[9a7afe6e] | 284 | </para>
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[9d2d426b] | 285 | <indexterm zone="balsa balsa-prog">
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| 286 | <primary sortas="b-balsa">balsa</primary>
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| 287 | </indexterm>
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| 288 | </listitem>
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| 289 | </varlistentry>
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[2b4194f] | 290 |
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[9a7afe6e] | 291 | <varlistentry id="balsa-ab">
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| 292 | <term><command>balsa-ab</command></term>
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| 293 | <listitem>
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| 294 | <para>
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[4c24eb0a] | 295 | is the address-book application used by <command>balsa</command>
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[9a7afe6e] | 296 | </para>
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| 297 | <indexterm zone="balsa balsa-ab">
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| 298 | <primary sortas="b-balsa">balsa-ab</primary>
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| 299 | </indexterm>
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| 300 | </listitem>
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| 301 | </varlistentry>
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| 302 |
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[9d2d426b] | 303 | </variablelist>
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| 304 |
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| 305 | </sect2>
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[2b4194f] | 306 |
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[9d2d426b] | 307 | </sect1>
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