X-Git-Url: http://www.git.stargrave.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL;h=d57696e7bcc69a70295f52428853f5edd7171a34;hb=3f3d9cf7d88a851721f1f8468e1311a4f0c02ff6;hp=e7d4b752224b1d7d206a0ca51e859553b182a63c;hpb=5e800c1aac067ec42cc6bcac10a0c339467a26d6;p=public-inbox.git diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index e7d4b752..d57696e7 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -8,49 +8,98 @@ if they want to import mail into their personal inboxes. TODO: this still needs to be documented better, also see the scripts/ and sa_config/ directories in the source tree -It should also be possible to use public-inbox with only IMAP -(or even POP(!)) access to a mailbox. +Requirements +------------ + +public-inbox requires a number of other packages to access its full +functionality. The core tools are, of course: + +* Git +* Perl +* SQLite (needed for Xapian use) + +To accept incoming mail into a public inbox, you'll likely want: + +* MTA - postfix is recommended (for public-inbox-mda) +* SpamAssassin (spamc/spamd) (for public-inbox-watch/public-inbox-mda) + +Beyond that, there is a long list of Perl modules required, starting with: + +* Date::Parse deb: libdatetime-perl + rpm: perl-Time-ParseDate + +* Email::MIME deb: libemail-mime-perl + rpm: perl-Email-MIME + +* Email::MIME::ContentType deb: libemail-mime-contenttype-perl + rpm: perl-Email-MIME-ContentType + +* Encode::MIME::Header deb: libencode-perl + rpm: perl-Encode + +Where "deb" indicates package names for Debian-derived distributions and +"rpm" is for RPM-based distributions (only known to work on Fedora). + +Numerous optional modules are likely to be useful as well: + + - Plack deb: libplack-perl + rpm: perl-Plack, perl-Plack-Test, + perl-Plack-Middleware-ReverseProxy, + perl-Plack-Middleware-Deflater + (for HTML/Atom generation) + + - URI::Escape deb: liburi-perl + rpm: perl-URI + (for HTML/Atom generation) + + - Search::Xapian deb: libsearch-xapian-perl + rpm: perl-Search-Xapian + (for NNTP service or gzipped mbox over HTTP) + + - IO::Compress::Gzip deb: perl-modules (or libio-compress-perl) + rpm: perl-PerlIO-gzip + (for gzipped mbox over HTTP) + + - DBI deb: libdbi-perl + rpm: perl-DBI + (for gzipped mbox over HTTP) + + - DBD::SQLite deb: libdbd-sqlite3-perl + rpm: perl-DBD-SQLite + (for NNTP service or gzipped mbox over HTTP) + + - Danga::Socket deb: libdanga-socket-perl + rpm: perl-Danga-Socket + (for bundled HTTP and NNTP servers) + + - Net::Server deb: libnet-server-perl + rpm: perl-Net-Server + (for HTTP/NNTP servers as standalone daemons) + + - Filesys::Notify::Simple deb: libfilesys-notify-simple-perl + rpm: perl-Filesys-Notify-Simple + (for public-inbox-watch) + + +On Fedora systems, you'll probably also end up wanting +perl-Test-HTTP-Server-Simple, perl-Devel-Peek, and perl-IPC-Run to run the +test suite. standard MakeMaker installation (Perl) -------------------------------------- - perl Makefile.PL - make - make test - make install # root permissions may be needed - -Requirements (server MDA) -------------------------- - -* git -* SpamAssassin (spamc/spamd) -* MTA - postfix is recommended -* Perl and several modules: (Debian package name) - - Date::Parse libtimedate-perl - - Email::MIME libemail-mime-perl - - Email::MIME::ContentType libemail-mime-contenttype-perl - - Encode::MIME::Header perl - -Optional modules: - - - Plack[1] libplack-perl - - Mail::Thread (2.5+)[1] libmail-thread-perl - - URI::Escape[1] liburi-perl - - Search::Xapian[3] libsearch-xapian-perl - - IO::Compress::Gzip[3] libio-compress-perl - - DBI[3] libdbi-perl - - DBD::SQLite[3] libdbd-sqlite3-perl - - Danga::Socket[4] libdanga-socket-perl - - Net::Server[4] libnet-server-perl - -[1] - Only required for serving/generating Atom and HTML pages. -[3] - Optional for HTML web interface and HTTP/NNTP servers -[4] - Optional for HTTP and NNTP servers +Once the dependencies are installed, you should be able to build and +install the system (into /usr/local) with: + + perl Makefile.PL + make + make test + make install # root permissions may be needed When installing Search::Xapian, make sure the underlying Xapian -is patched against the index corruption bug documented in: +installation is not affected by an index corruption bug: - https://bugs.debian.org/808610 + https://bugs.debian.org/808610 For Debian 8.x (jessie), this means using Debian 8.5 or later. @@ -58,8 +107,11 @@ public-inbox will never store unregeneratable data in Xapian or any other search database we might use; Xapian corruption will not destroy critical data. +See the public-inbox-overview(7) man page for the next steps once the +installation is complete. + Copyright --------- -Copyright 2013-2016 all contributors +Copyright 2013-2018 all contributors License: AGPL-3.0+