To succesfully compile Sylpheed, you need at least:
Optionally you need:
Gdk-pixbuf for the built-in image viewer.
libcompface for X-Face icons.
libjconv for non latin character sets.
OpenSSL for SSL support.
OpenLDAP to connect to a LDAP directory server.
The IPv6 support can be turned on (if your system supports it) without any additional library.
Jpilot for Palm addressbook use.
The equivalent of Gtk+-devel and Xfree86-devel, otherwise .configure will fail.
Notice: Sylpheed may be unstable depending on the environment. Please use the newest version of libraries if possible.
Debian GNU/Linux (sid, glibc 2.3.2) (development environment)
Debian GNU/Linux (amd64/sid, glibc 2.3.2)
Debian GNU/Linux (sarge, glibc 2.3.2)
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody) (glibc 2.2.5)
Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 (potato) (glibc 2.1.3)
Kondara MNU/Linux (glibc 2.1.x)
Kondara MNU/Linux 1.2
Kondara MNU/Linux 2.0
Vine Linux 1.1 (glibc 2.0.x + libwcsmbs)
Vine Linux 2.0 (glibc 2.1.x) (Intel, PPC)
Vine Linux 2.1
Vine Linux 2.1.5, 2.5, 2.6, 3.0
Laser5 Linux 6.0 (glibc 2.1.x)
Laser5 Linux 6.2 (glibc 2.1.x)
Laser5 Linux 6.4 (glibc 2.1.x)
TurboLinux 4.0 (glibc 2.0.7 + libwcsmbs)
TurboLinux 6.0 (glibc 2.1.2)
TurboLinux 7.0 (glibc 2.2.x)
Miracle Linux Standard Edition Version1.0
Miracle Linux for PostgreSQL Version1.0
Miracle Linux for Samba Version1.0
RedHat Linux 5.2 (glibc 2.0.7)
RedHat Linux 6.0
RedHat Linux 6.1 + Helix GNOME (glibc 2.1.x)
RedHat Linux 6.2 / 6.2J (glibc 2.1.x)
RedHat Linux 7.0 / 7.0J
RedHat Linux 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
RedHat Linux 8.0, 9.0
Fedora core 2, 3
LinuxPPC2000 + Yukikaze(Japanization kit)
Linux2000G (Intel, PowerPC)
HOLON Linux 2.0 (Intel / PPC)
Linux for PPC Japanese Edition 2.0 (glibc 2.1.x)
Linux for PPC Japanese Edition 3.0 (glibc 2.1.x)
Linux MLD4
Linux MLD5
Plamo Linux 2.0
Plamo Linux 2.1
Slackware 7.0
Slackware 7.1
Slackware 8.0
Linux Mandrake 7.0
Linux Mandrake 7.1
Linux Mandrake 7.2
Linux Mandrake 8.0
Linux Mandrake 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0
SuSE Linux 6.3 (glibc 2.1.2)
SuSE Linux 6.4
SuSE Linux 7.0
SuSE Linux 7.1
SuSE Linux 7.2
SuSE Linux 7.3, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2
OpenLinux 2.3 (glibc 2.1.1 -> 2.1.3)
Caldera OpenDesktop 2.4
Caldera Workstation 3.1
Conectiva Linux 4.0
Conectiva Linux 5.0
Conectiva Linux 7.0
Vector Linux 1.5
Yellow Dog Linux 2.0 (glibc 2.2.1)
Yellow Dog Linux 2.1 (PowerPC)
ASP Linux 7.2 (glibc 2.2.4)
Redmond Linux (Lycoris)
FreeBSD release 3.2
FreeBSD release 3.4
FreeBSD release 4.0
FreeBSD release 4.1
FreeBSD release 4.2
FreeBSD release 4.3
FreeBSD release 4.4
FreeBSD release 4.5
FreeBSD release 5.0
NetBSD 1.4.2
NetBSD 1.5 + XPG4DL
NetBSD 1.5.1
NetBSD 1.5.2
OpenBSD 2.7
OpenBSD 2.8 (i386)
OpenBSD 2.9
OpenBSD 3.0
BSD/OS 4.0.1
Solaris 2.5
Solaris 2.5.1
Solaris 2.6
Solaris 7, 8, 9
IRIX 6.3
IRIX 6.4
IRIX 6.5, 6.5.8m
HP-UX 10.20
HP-UX 11.00
HP-UX 11i
Tru64 Unix 5.0 (OSF1 v5.0)
SCO UnixWare 7
Mac OS X 10.1.3 (Darwin 5.3) + XDarwin (without XLocale support) + libxpg4
Windows (MSVC + GTK+ for win32), in progress
Dowload the latest Sylpheed package from: http://sylpheed.good-day.net/
Untar the source file into a new directory.
tar xvfz sylpheed-<version>.tar.gz (for a tar.gz package).
tar xvfj sylpheed-<version>.tar.bz2 (for a bzip2 package).
Change to the sylpheed directory.
Run the configure script (./configure) to check your environment and create the installation make files.
Run the make program which will compile the sources. Do not proceed with this step if there are fatal errors in the previous step. Fatal errors indicate that things are missing inorder to compile Sylpheed properly.
If the make process has completed, run make install (as root), to install the program and the support files.
You can choose to compile Sylpheed with some optional features enabled. Use ./configure --help to list configuration syntax and options.
The following optional features can be enabled:
Jpilot: to use your PDA addressbook
with Sylpheed. You will need the Jpilot library (and pilot-link,
too). Enable this option with the --enable-jpilot
configure switch.
GnuPG: Sylpheed can encrypt and
sign your messages (and also decrypt and verify the signature of the
incomming messages) using GnuPG. GnuPG follows the OpenPGP standard
and is compatible with PGP. To enable this feature, you need to
install GnuPG and GPGME (interface library to GnuPG). Disable this
option with the --disable-gpgme configure
switch.
LDAP: Sylpheed can connect to a
LDAP server in order to query mail addresses. To enable this feature
you will need the OpenLDAP library. Enable this option with the
--enable-ldap configure switch.
X-Faces: you can create a small
picture (of your face, or of anything else) that will be sent in the
headers of your mails. This option is enabled if the compface
library is found and can be disabled using the
--disable-compface configure switch.
Images can appear inline (embedded in the message window, without the need of an external viewer) if Sylpheed is compiled with the gdk-pixbuf library.
SSL: Sylpheed can encrypt its
connection to the mail server using SSL, if the OpenSSL library is
detected. This feature can be disabled with the
--disable-ssl configure switch.
All these features require additional libraries and tools that may not be part of your distribution. You can find them at the addresses listed at the beginning of this chapter, here.
As root, run the rpm -ivh command on the RPM file you downloaded. As soon as this process is comlete you can run Sylpheed as a normal user.
With an internet connection: apt-get install sylpheed
Without an internet connection, fetch the debian package, for example on: http://packages.debian.org/unstable/mail/sylpheed.html, then:
dpkg -i sylpheedx.x.x-1i386.deb
dpkg --install sylpheedx.x.x-1i386.deb
Use the standard ebuild for the portage tree and select the options with the use flags:
crypt: to enable the gpgme option.
ldap: to enable to use of the OpenLDAP library.
pda: to turn on the use of the Jpilot link.
ssl: to use openssl encryption.
xface: to enable the X-Faces support.
Using the /stand/sysinstall tool (it is a menu based interface):
run /stand/sysinstall as root
In the main menu choose ->->, then . Back to the packages list choose .
Using the ports: get the Sylpheed port on ftp://ftp.freesd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4.3-release/mail
Then as root: pkg-add sylpheed-x.x.x.tgz
Using the ports and compiling: first update your port, fetch it on http://www.freebsd.org/ports/mail.html,
cd /usr/ports/mail/sylpheed
make
If it succeds, type make install.
In case it fails, fetch the required package if necessary (on the
same page), put the package file in
/usr/ports/distfiles/, then:
cd /usr/ports/mail/sylpheed
make
make install
Need a more up-to-date version? Just use the Unix standard method (see Nuts and bolts of installation)