Alpine-2.21

#### Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2019-02-27

### Chapter 19. Mail/News Clients

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# Alpine-2.21

## Introduction to Alpine

Alpine is a text-based email client developed by the University of Washington.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-8.4 platform.

### Package Information

- Download (HTTP): http://anduin.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/alpine/alpine-2.21.tar.xz

- Download MD5 sum: 02dad85c1be80ce020206f222ecf5ac8

- Download size: 4.6 MB

- Estimated disk space required: 122 MB

- Estimated build time: 1.0 SBU

### Alpine Dependencies

#### Optional

OpenLDAP-2.4.47, MIT Kerberos V5-1.17, Aspell-0.60.6.1, Tcl-8.6.9, and Linux-PAM-1.3.0

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

## Installation of Alpine

Install Alpine by running the following commands:

    LIBS+="-lcrypto" ./configure --prefix=/usr       \
                                 --sysconfdir=/etc   \
                                 --without-ldap      \
                                 --without-krb5      \
                                 --without-pam       \
                                 --without-tcl       \
                                 --with-ssl-dir=/usr \
                                 --with-passfile=.pine-passfile &&
    make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the `root` user:

    make install

## Command Explanations

LIBS+="-lcrypto": Enable linking to openssl. Additional linker flags are required for Linux-PAM-1.3.0, `-lpam`, and for MIT Kerberos V5-1.17, `-lkrb5`.

`--without-ldap`: Disables LDAP support.

`--without-krb5`: Disables Kerberos support.

`--without-pam`: Disables Linux-PAM support.

`--without-tcl`: Disables TCL support.

`--with-ssl-dir=/usr`: Sets the root path to OpenSSL libraries and include files.

`--with-passfile=.pine-passfile`: Sets the password cache file.

`--without-ssl`: Disables OpenSSL support.

## Configuring Alpine

### Config Files

`~/.pinerc`

### Configuration Information

It is not required to manually edit any configuration files to use the Alpine email client. Users can configure Alpine using the graphical configuration menu, which stores the changes in `~/.pinerc`.

## Contents

Installed Programs: alpine, pico, pilot, rpdump, and rpload
Installed Libraries: none
Installed Directories: none

### Short Descriptions

alpine | is the Alpine mailer.
pico | is a standalone text editor similar to the Alpine message composer.
pilot | is a standalone file system navigator.
rpdump | is a utility for downloading a pinerc or address book to the local machine.
rpload | is a utility for uploading a local pinerc or address book to an IMAP server.

Last updated on 2019-02-22 08:43:40 -0600

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