source: xsoft/other/balsa.xml@ 16998db6

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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY balsa-download-http "http://balsa.gnome.org/balsa-&balsa-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY balsa-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY balsa-size          "2.7 MB">
  <!ENTITY balsa-buildsize     "74.0 MB">
  <!ENTITY balsa-time          "0.82 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="balsa" xreflabel="Balsa-&balsa-version;">
<?dbhtml filename="balsa.html" ?>
<title>Balsa-&balsa-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>Balsa</application></title>

<para>The <application>Balsa</application> package contains a
<application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> 2 based mail reader.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&balsa-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&balsa-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &balsa-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required:
&balsa-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&balsa-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>Balsa</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="libgtkhtml"/>, <xref linkend="libgnomeprintui"/>,
<xref linkend="openssl"/>,
<xref linkend="aspell"/> and <xref linkend="libesmtp"/>
</para></sect4>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="pcre"/>, <xref linkend="gnupg"/> using gpgme and
<xref linkend="openldap"/></para></sect4>
</sect3>


</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>Balsa</application></title>

<para>Install <application>Balsa</application> by running the following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0` \
    --localstatedir=/var/lib --with-ssl \
    --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome --with-ldap --with-gpgme &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><parameter>--localstatedir=/var/lib</parameter>: This switch puts
<application>ScrollKeeper</application> files in <filename
class="directory">/var/lib/scrollkeeper</filename> instead
of <filename class="directory">$GNOME_PREFIX/var/scrollkeeper</filename>.</para>

<para><option>--with-ssl</option>: Change the default of no ssl support.</para>

<para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc/gnome</parameter>: This switch puts
configuration files in <filename class="directory">/etc/gnome</filename> instead of
<filename class="directory">$GNOME_PREFIX/etc</filename>.</para>

<para><option>--with-ldap</option>: Change the default to
support <acronym>LDAP</acronym> if it is available.</para>

<para><option>--with-gpgme</option>: Change the default to
support <acronym>GPG</acronym> if 'GnuPG made easy'
(<acronym>GPGME</acronym>) is
installed.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Configuring <application>Balsa</application></title>


<sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>

<para>All configuration of <application>Balsa</application> is done through the <application>Balsa</application> menu
system, with mailbox configuration done with the Settings-&gt;Preferences
menu. </para>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The Balsa package contains <command>balsa</command>.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>balsa</title>
<para><command>balsa</command> is the
<application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> 2 based mail reader.</para>
</sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>