1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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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 "http://pawsa.fedorapeople.org/balsa/balsa-&balsa-version;.tar.bz2">
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8 | <!ENTITY balsa-download-ftp " ">
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9 | <!ENTITY balsa-md5sum "da3b500b5c939f85071fb1fe3e3efc01">
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10 | <!ENTITY balsa-size "3.9 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY balsa-buildsize "78 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY balsa-time "0.5 SBU">
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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 | <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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32 | <para>The <application>Balsa</application> package contains a
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33 | <application>GNOME</application>-2 based mail client.</para>
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34 |
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35 | &lfs77_checked;
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36 |
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37 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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38 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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39 | <listitem>
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40 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&balsa-download-http;"/></para>
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41 | </listitem>
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42 | <listitem>
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43 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&balsa-download-ftp;"/></para>
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44 | </listitem>
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45 | <listitem>
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46 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &balsa-md5sum;</para>
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47 | </listitem>
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48 | <listitem>
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49 | <para>Download size: &balsa-size;</para>
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50 | </listitem>
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51 | <listitem>
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52 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &balsa-buildsize;</para>
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53 | </listitem>
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54 | <listitem>
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55 | <para>Estimated build time: &balsa-time;</para>
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56 | </listitem>
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57 | </itemizedlist>
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58 |
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59 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Balsa Dependencies</bridgehead>
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60 |
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61 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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62 | <para role="required">
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63 | <xref linkend="gmime"/>,
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64 | <xref linkend="gtk2"/>, and
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65 | <xref linkend="gtk3"/>
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66 | </para>
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67 |
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68 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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69 | <para role="recommended">
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70 | <xref linkend="enchant"/> or
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71 | <ulink url="http://gtkspell.sourceforge.net/">GtkSpell</ulink>
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72 | (<application>GtkSpell</application> provides on-the-fly as you type
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73 | spell checking),
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74 | <xref linkend="libesmtp"/>,
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75 | <xref linkend="libnotify"/>,
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76 | <xref linkend="pcre"/>, and
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77 | <xref linkend="webkitgtk2"/> or
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78 | <xref linkend="gtkhtml"/> (HTML support)
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79 | </para>
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80 |
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81 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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82 | <para role="optional">
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83 | <xref linkend="compface"/>,
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84 | <xref linkend="gnupg2"/> and
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85 | <xref linkend="gpgme"/> (both for S/MIME support),
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86 | <xref linkend="gtksourceview"/>,
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87 | <xref linkend="libcanberra"/>,
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88 | <xref linkend="libsecret"/>,
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89 | <xref linkend="mitkrb"/>,
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90 | <xref linkend="openldap"/>,
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91 | <xref linkend="openssl"/>,
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92 | <xref linkend="sqlite"/>, and
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93 | <xref linkend="server-mail"/> (that provides a
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94 | <command>sendmail</command> command, note that it is only used if you
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95 | didn't install the recommended <application>libESMTP</application>
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96 | package)
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97 | </para>
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98 |
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99 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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100 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/balsa"/></para>
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101 |
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102 | </sect2>
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103 |
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104 | <sect2 role="installation">
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105 | <title>Installation of Balsa</title>
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106 |
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107 | <para>Install <application>Balsa</application> by running the following
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108 | commands:</para>
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109 |
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110 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc &&
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111 | make</userinput></screen>
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112 |
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113 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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114 |
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115 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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116 |
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117 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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118 |
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119 | </sect2>
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120 |
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121 | <sect2 role="commands">
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122 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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123 |
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124 | <para>
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125 | Examine <command>./configure --help</command> output for
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126 | switches needed to detect the optional dependencies or
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127 | to prevent it from looking for recommended dependencies.
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128 | </para>
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129 |
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130 | </sect2>
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131 |
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132 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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133 | <title>Configuring Balsa</title>
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134 |
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135 | <sect3>
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136 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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137 |
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138 | <para>All configuration of <application>Balsa</application> is done
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139 | through the <application>Balsa</application> menu system, with mailbox
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140 | configuration done with the Settings—>Preferences menu.</para>
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141 |
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142 | <para>If you are unable to connect to your ISP, they probably don't
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143 | support APOP. Disable it in Settings/Preferences/POP3/advanced.</para>
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144 |
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145 | <para>If you enable filters for your incoming POP3 mail, you must have
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146 | <xref linkend="procmail"/> installed, as the incoming mail will be
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147 | handed off to <command>procmail</command> for processing.</para>
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148 |
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149 | </sect3>
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150 |
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151 | </sect2>
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152 |
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153 | <sect2 role="content">
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154 | <title>Contents</title>
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155 |
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156 | <segmentedlist>
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157 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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158 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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159 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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160 |
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161 | <seglistitem>
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162 | <seg>balsa and balsa-ab</seg>
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163 | <seg>None</seg>
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164 | <seg>/usr/share/balsa and /usr/share/sounds/balsa</seg>
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165 | </seglistitem>
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166 | </segmentedlist>
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167 |
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168 | <variablelist>
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169 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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170 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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171 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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172 |
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173 | <varlistentry id="balsa-prog">
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174 | <term><command>balsa</command></term>
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175 | <listitem>
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176 | <para>is a glib based mail client.</para>
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177 | <indexterm zone="balsa balsa-prog">
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178 | <primary sortas="b-balsa">balsa</primary>
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179 | </indexterm>
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180 | </listitem>
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181 | </varlistentry>
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182 |
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183 | </variablelist>
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184 |
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185 | </sect2>
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186 |
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187 | </sect1>
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