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@@ -1,35 +1,24 @@ INSTALL Instructions for fetchmail ================================== -If you are installing from the subversion repository, see README.svn for -further instructions on how to set up the checked out repository. +Building from subversion (SVN) repository: see README.svn + +Packagers and port/emerge maintainers: see README.packaging. + If you have installed binaries (e.g. from a Linux RPM or DPKG, Solaris -package or FreeBSD port), you can skip to step 5. +package or FreeBSD port), you can skip to step 5 below. +--------------------------------------------------------------------- The Frequently Asked Questions list, included as the file FAQ in this -distributions, answers the most common questions about configuring and +distribution, answers the most common questions about configuring and running fetchmail. +--------------------------------------------------------------------- -1. USEFUL THINGS TO INSTALL FIRST - -1.1 OTP/OPIE - -If you want support for RFC1938-compliant one-time passwords, you'll -need to install Craig Metz's OPIE libraries first and *make sure -they're on the normal library path* where configure will find them. Then -configure with --enable-OPIE, and fetchmail build process will detect -them and compile appropriately. - -Note: there is no point in doing this unless your server is -OTP-enabled. To test this, telnet to the server port and give it -a valid USER id. If the OK response includes the string "otp-", -you should install OPIE. You need version 2.32 or better. -The OPIE library sources are available at http://www.inner.net/pub/opie/ -You can also find OPIE and IPV6-capable servers there. +1. PREPARATIONS: USEFUL THINGS TO INSTALL FIRST -1.2 OpenSSL +1.1 OpenSSL If you are installing OpenSSL yourself, it is recommended that you build shared OpenSSL libraries, it works better and updating OpenSSL does not @@ -39,12 +28,28 @@ Try after unpacking OpenSSL: ./config shared && make && make test && make install -1.3 gettext (internationalization) +1.2 gettext (internationalization) Internationalization of fetchmail requires GNU gettext (libintl and libiconv). Fetchmail, as of version 6.3.0, no longer ships its own libintl copy. Note that some systems include gettext in their libc. +1.3 OTP/OPIE + +If you want support for RFC1938-compliant one-time passwords, you'll +need to install Craig Metz's OPIE libraries first and *make sure +they're on the normal library path* where configure will find them. Then +configure with --enable-OPIE, and fetchmail build process will detect +them and compile appropriately. + +Note: there is no point in doing this unless your server is +OTP-enabled. To test this, telnet to the server port and give it +a valid USER id. If the OK response includes the string "otp-", +you should install OPIE. You need version 2.32 or better. + +The OPIE library sources are available at http://www.inner.net/pub/opie/ +You can also find OPIE and IPV6-capable servers there. + 1.4 IPv6 Building in IPv6 support *requires* an up-to-date operating system. |