peter
  
 
  
 
 
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Posted: Jan. 24 2004,22:01 | 
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You could try the following on a hard drive install of DSL:
  After setting up apt, do | Code Sample  |  |  apt-get install gcc g++ make |  
 
  Download latest source code of Sylpheed ( probably a * tar.gz file)
 
 | Code Sample  |  |  tar xzvf sylpheed  (hit tab to complete file name) |  
 
  then change directory to the new one created (sylpheed without the tar.gz suffix - again tab completion helps)
  Then compile, which is probably the usual | Code Sample  |  |  ./configure && make && make install  (as root at least for the last step) [ |  
 
  It pays to read the README files and others that might be in the source tarball but this should be close. You might also, before trying this, want to do | Code Sample  |  |  apt-get install checkinstall  |  
 
  checkinstall makes it possible to compile and build your own deb package which is then easier to uninstall and gets added to the apt /dpkg database after you install your newly created deb  ( dpkg -i <packagename> ) 
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