Balsa-2.6.2

Introduction to Balsa

The Balsa package contains a GNOME-2 based mail client.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-10.1 platform.

Package Information

Balsa Dependencies

Required

Aspell-0.60.8, enchant-2.2.15, GMime-3.2.7, GPGME-1.15.1, GTK+-3.24.25,and Rarian-0.8.1

Required (Runtime)

MTA (that provides a sendmail command)

Recommended

Optional

Compface-1.5.2, Gcr-3.38.1, gtksourceview-3.24.11, libcanberra-0.30, libnotify-0.7.9, libsecret-0.20.4, MIT Kerberos V5-1.19.1, OpenLDAP-2.4.57, Procmail-3.22, SQLite-3.34.1, WebKitGTK+-2.30.5, html2text, osmo, rubrica, yelp-tools

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/balsa

Installation of Balsa

Install Balsa by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr            \
            --sysconfdir=/etc        \
            --localstatedir=/var/lib \
            --without-html-widget    \
            --without-libnotify      &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user:

make install

Command Explanations

--without-html-widget: This option disables building the HTML renderer. If you want the HTML renderer to be built, verify that you have WebKitGTK+-2.30.5 installed, and then remove this option.

--with-canberra: Enable libcanberra support.

--with-compface: Enable compface support.

--with-gcr: Use libgcr for TLS support.

--with-gss: Enable GSSAPI support.

--with-ldap: Use this option to enable LDAP address book support if OpenLDAP is installed.

--with-libsecret: Enable strong password support and support for gnome-keyring to store passwords.

--with-sqlite: Use this option to enable SQLite address book support if SQLite is installed.

Contents

Installed Programs: balsa and balsa-ab
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /etc/sounds/events, /usr/share/balsa, and /usr/share/sounds/balsa

Short Descriptions

balsa

is a glib based mail client

balsa-ab

is the address-book application used by balsa

Last updated on 2021-02-23 13:28:17 -0800