First, make sure that all the necessary requirements (README) are satisfied. See RPM instructions below if building for Red Hat Linux. See additional notes below for upgrade instructions. Otherwise:
Download the Courier Socks 5 proxy client library from
http://www.courier-mta.org/download.php#sox
and follow its installation instructions. Binary RPMs can
be built from the source code tarball by following the
procedure outlined in http://www.courier-mta.org/FAQ.html#rpm
using the “courier-sox-version
”
tarball, and installing the “courier-sox” and “courier-sox-devel” binary
RPMs afterwards.
This step can be omitted if Socks 5 support is not required. Cone will compile without the Socks 5 proxy toolkit.
Download the source code tarball from http://www.courier-mta.org/download.php#cone and unpack it.
Set the appropriate environment variables if the compiler or linker needs any custom command line flags. Run “./configure --help” to list the available environment variables that specify additional arbitrary parameters for the C/C++ compiler.
Run “./configure
[options]
”.
See below for a list of available options.
Run make.
The GNU version of the command
is required. On BSD systems
it's the gmake. Use
gmake in
this, and the following steps.
Run make check.
Run make install.
Run make install-configure.
Do not forget “make install-configure”. It is required.
Unless other options are used, Cone installs in /usr/local
:
/usr/local/etc
The configuration file.
/usr/local/bin
The shell script that runs Cone.
/usr/local/libexec
The Cone program itself.
/usr/local/share
Documentation, online help, other files.
/usr/local/lib
and /usr/local/include
The development libraries and include files (only if
--with-devel
was
specified to the configure script).
These installation directories, and other options, may be controlled by additional options to the configure script:
--prefix
, --bindir
, and
others..../configure --help lists about a dozen parameters to the ./configure that specify the directories where various files should be installed.
--with-certdb=pathname
Sets a non-default location for the systemwide trusted SSL certificate authorities. If not specified, a default list of directories and files is searched for:
/etc/ssl/certs
/etc/ssl/cert.pem
/etc/pki/tls/cert.pem
--with-gnutls
Select the GnuTLS library even if the OpenSSL library is also installed. The configure script automatically selects whichever one is available. The OpenSSL library is selected if both are present. Use this option to override and select GnuTLS instead.
--with-devel
Install LibMAIL , the mail library used by Cone to access and handle E-mail messages.
--with-spellcheck=pspell
Cone can use either aspell or pspell for spell checking. aspell is used if both are installed. This option selects pspell instead.
Upgrading Cone consists simply of building the new version, and installing it. The new version will overwrite the previous version. Special upgrade instructions are given below.
The address book format has changed in version 0.60. The old address book format will be automatically converted to the new format, when necessary, so no manual intervention is necessary. If Cone is later downgraded to an earlier version, addresses in an address book that contain non-English characters will not be shown correctly.
Use the following procedure to build Cone.
The first step is to create a work area for building RPMs. Skip this step if an RPM build directory is already configured.
echo "%_topdir $HOME/rpm" > $HOME/.rpmmacros mkdir $HOME/rpm cd $HOME/rpm mkdir SOURCES SPECS BUILD SRPMS RPMS
Finally, download the source code to Cone from http://www.courier-mta.org/download.php#cone. Do
not unpack the tarball. Execute “rpmbuild -ta cone-version
.tar.bz2”.
Two binary RPMs will be created: the main binary package
contains Cone. The
“devel” package contains the
LibMAIL library and
development files. It is only necessary to install the main
package to run Cone the
“devel” subpackage is only needed
for additional development with LibMAIL .
It is also possible to check out the source from git, however additional requirements apply. Besides the usual prerequisites for building Cone, additional development software must be installed. See the “Source code repository” instructions at http://www.courier-mta.org/status.html.