GNUMail.app User's Guide
by Martin Brecher <martin@mb-itconsulting.com>
- Contents
- Setting up GNUMail.app
- Installation of GNUMail.app
- Download
- Build
- Installation
- Launch
Once we have installed the Pantomime libraries we are ready to get our hands on GNUMail.app itself...
Download [top of page]
Homepage: http://www.collaboration-world.com/gnumail/
Download: GNUMail-1.0.0pre1.tar.gz
Version: 1.0.0pre1
Build [top of page]
tar xvfz GNUMail-1.0.0pre1.tar.gz
cd GNUMail
make
That will compile the GNUMail.app sources.
Installation [top of page]
You can simply install GNUMail.app now by doing a
make install
That will install the application to GNUstep's Local/Apps folder (e.g. /opt/GNUstep/Local/Apps/GNUMail.app - depending
on where you have installed GNUstep). This is actually the preferred way.
For the last step you have to be root. Alternatively you can install GNUMail.app into the following places:
- make install GNUSTEP_INSTALLATION_DIR=${GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT}
This will install the App to the System/Apps directory where only preinstalled apps should be in place. Usually you
have to be root to write to that directory.
- make install GNUSTEP_INSTALLATION_DIR=${GNUSTEP_NETWORK_ROOT}
This will install the App to the Network/Apps directory where only apps which are shared with the local network
should be in place. You have to be root to write to that directory,
too.
- make install GNUSTEP_INSTALLATION_DIR=${GNUSTEP_USER_ROOT}
This will install the App to your personal GNUstep/Apps directory which is located within your home directory
(e.g. /home/username/GNUstep/Apps). Use this if:
- you are the only one to use the application
- you don't have permissions to write to the system wide GNUstep folders (Local, Network and System).
NOTE: You should check the other locations for already installed versions of GNUstep.app to prevent a
duplicate installation and versioning conflicts.
Launch [top of page]
You can launch GNUMail.app by typing openapp GNUMail.app in a console window or double clicking
its icon in GWorkspace.
GNUMail.app will notice that no settings have been made and will bring up the Preferences Panel, so we will
move straight on and start
setting up our new email client.
NOTE: Versions before 0.8.0pre1 may exit at startup giving the error message "Could not open
LocalStore". Although you are recommend to update to a newer version of GNUMail.app, you can avoid this error my creating a folder named
"gnumail" in your home directory by typing mkdir ~/gnumail.
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