1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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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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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY balsa-download-http "https://pawsa.fedorapeople.org/balsa/balsa-&balsa-version;.tar.xz">
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8 | <!ENTITY balsa-download-ftp " ">
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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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12 | <!ENTITY balsa-time "0.2 SBU (Using parallelism=4)">
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="balsa" xreflabel="Balsa-&balsa-version;">
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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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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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32 |
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33 | &lfs122_checked;
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34 |
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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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38 | <para>
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39 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&balsa-download-http;"/>
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40 | </para>
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41 | </listitem>
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42 | <listitem>
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43 | <para>
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44 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&balsa-download-ftp;"/>
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45 | </para>
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46 | </listitem>
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47 | <listitem>
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48 | <para>
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49 | Download MD5 sum: &balsa-md5sum;
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50 | </para>
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51 | </listitem>
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52 | <listitem>
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53 | <para>
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54 | Download size: &balsa-size;
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55 | </para>
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56 | </listitem>
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57 | <listitem>
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58 | <para>
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59 | Estimated disk space required: &balsa-buildsize;
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60 | </para>
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61 | </listitem>
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62 | <listitem>
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63 | <para>
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64 | Estimated build time: &balsa-time;
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65 | </para>
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66 | </listitem>
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67 | </itemizedlist>
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68 |
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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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74 | Required patch:
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75 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/balsa-&balsa-version;-upstream_fixes-2.patch"/>
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76 | </para>
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77 | </listitem>
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78 | </itemizedlist>
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79 |
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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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83 | <para role="required">
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84 | <xref linkend="aspell"/>,
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85 | <xref linkend="enchant"/>,
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86 | <xref linkend="gmime3"/>,
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87 | <xref linkend="gpgme"/>,
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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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91 | </para>
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92 |
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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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99 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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100 | <para role="optional">
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101 | <xref linkend="compface"/>,
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102 | <xref linkend="gcr"/>,
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103 | <xref linkend="gtksourceview"/>,
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104 | <xref linkend="libcanberra"/>,
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105 | <xref linkend="libsecret"/>,
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106 | <xref linkend="mitkrb"/>,
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107 | <xref linkend="openldap"/>,
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108 | <xref linkend="procmail"/>,
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109 | <xref linkend="sqlite"/>,
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110 | <xref linkend="webkitgtk"/>,
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111 | <ulink url="https://pypi.python.org/pypi/html2text/">html2text</ulink>,
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112 | <ulink url="https://osmo-pim.sourceforge.net/">osmo</ulink>,
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113 | <ulink url="https://sourceforge.net/projects/rubrica.berlios/">rubrica</ulink>,
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114 | <ulink url="&gnome-download-http;/yelp-tools/">yelp-tools</ulink>
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115 | </para>
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116 |
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117 | </sect2>
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118 |
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119 | <sect2 role="installation">
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120 | <title>Installation of Balsa</title>
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121 |
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122 | <para>
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123 | First, fix build issues when configuring without WebKitGTK, or when
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124 | using WebKitGTK-2.38 or later.
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125 | </para>
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126 |
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127 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../balsa-&balsa-version;-upstream_fixes-2.patch</userinput></screen>
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128 |
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129 | <para>
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130 | Install <application>Balsa</application> by running the following
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131 | commands:
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132 | </para>
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133 |
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134 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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135 | --sysconfdir=/etc \
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136 | --localstatedir=/var/lib \
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137 | --without-html-widget &&
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138 | make</userinput></screen>
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139 |
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140 | <para>
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141 | This package does not come with a test suite.
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142 | </para>
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143 |
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144 | <para>
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145 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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146 | </para>
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147 |
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148 | <screen role='root'><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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149 |
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150 | </sect2>
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151 |
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152 | <sect2 role="commands">
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153 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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154 |
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155 | <!-- Support has been added for this, but the option is still unrecognized.
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156 | <para>
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157 | <parameter>- -with-rubrica</parameter>: This parameter is used
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158 | to provide Rubrica2 address book support.
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159 | </para>
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160 | -->
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161 |
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162 | <!-- configure says this is an invalid option with 2.5.11
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163 | <para>
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164 | <option>- -enable-smime</option>: Use this option to enable S/MIME
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165 | support if <application>GnuPG-2.x.x</application> is installed.
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166 | </para>
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167 | -->
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168 |
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169 | <para>
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170 | <parameter>--without-html-widget</parameter>: This option disables
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171 | building the HTML renderer. If you want the HTML renderer to be built,
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172 | verify that you have <xref linkend="webkitgtk"/> installed, and then
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173 | remove this option.
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174 | </para>
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175 |
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176 | <para>
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177 | <option>--with-canberra</option>: Enable libcanberra support.
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178 | </para>
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179 |
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180 | <para>
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181 | <option>--with-compface</option>: Enable compface support.
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182 | </para>
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183 |
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184 | <para>
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185 | <option>--with-gcr</option>: Use libgcr for TLS support.
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186 | </para>
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187 |
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188 | <para>
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189 | <option>--with-gss</option>: Enable GSSAPI support.
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190 | </para>
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191 |
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192 | <para>
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193 | <option>--with-ldap</option>: Use this option to enable LDAP address
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194 | book support if <application>OpenLDAP</application> is installed.
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195 | </para>
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196 |
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197 | <para>
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198 | <option>--with-libsecret</option>: Enable strong password
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199 | support and support for gnome-keyring to store passwords.
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200 | </para>
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201 |
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202 | <!-- configure says this is an invalid option with 2.5.11
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203 | <para>
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204 | <option>- -with-gpgme</option>: Use this option to enable GPG support
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205 | if <quote><application>GnuPG</application> Made Easy</quote>
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206 | (<application>GPGME</application>) is installed.
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207 | </para>
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208 | -->
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209 |
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210 | <para>
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211 | <option>--with-sqlite</option>: Use this option to enable SQLite
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212 | address book support if <application>SQLite</application> is
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213 | installed.
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214 | </para>
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215 |
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216 | </sect2>
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217 |
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218 | <!-- All of this information is invalid. These options no longer exist since
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219 | Balsa was ported to GTK3.
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220 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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221 | <title>Configuring Balsa</title>
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222 |
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223 | <sect3>
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224 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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225 |
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226 | <para>
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227 | All configuration of <application>Balsa</application> is done
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228 | through the <application>Balsa</application> menu system, with mailbox
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229 | configuration done with the Settings—>Preferences menu.
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230 | </para>
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231 |
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232 | <para>
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233 | If you are unable to connect to your ISP, they probably don't
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234 | support APOP. Disable it in Settings/Preferences/POP3/advanced.
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235 | </para>
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236 |
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237 | <para>
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238 | If you enable filters for your incoming POP3 mail, you must have
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239 | <xref linkend="procmail"/> installed, as the incoming mail will be
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240 | handed off to <command>procmail</command> for processing.
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241 | </para>
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242 |
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243 | </sect3>
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244 |
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245 | </sect2>
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246 | -->
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247 |
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248 | <sect2 role="content">
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249 | <title>Contents</title>
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250 |
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251 | <segmentedlist>
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252 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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253 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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254 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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255 |
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256 | <seglistitem>
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257 | <seg>balsa and balsa-ab</seg>
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258 | <seg>None</seg>
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259 | <seg>/etc/sounds/events,
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260 | /usr/share/balsa,
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261 | and /usr/share/sounds/balsa</seg>
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262 | </seglistitem>
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263 | </segmentedlist>
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264 |
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265 | <variablelist>
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266 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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267 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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268 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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269 |
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270 | <varlistentry id="balsa-prog">
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271 | <term><command>balsa</command></term>
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272 | <listitem>
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273 | <para>
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274 | is a glib based mail client
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275 | </para>
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276 | <indexterm zone="balsa balsa-prog">
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277 | <primary sortas="b-balsa">balsa</primary>
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278 | </indexterm>
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279 | </listitem>
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280 | </varlistentry>
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281 |
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282 | <varlistentry id="balsa-ab">
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283 | <term><command>balsa-ab</command></term>
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284 | <listitem>
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285 | <para>
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286 | is the address-book application used by <command>balsa</command>
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287 | </para>
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288 | <indexterm zone="balsa balsa-ab">
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289 | <primary sortas="b-balsa">balsa-ab</primary>
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290 | </indexterm>
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291 | </listitem>
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292 | </varlistentry>
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293 |
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294 | </variablelist>
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295 |
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296 | </sect2>
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297 |
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298 | </sect1>
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