Run ./configure to check your environment and create the installation make files
+
Run the 'make' program which will compile the sources. Do not proceed with this step if there are fatal errors in the previous step. Fatal errors indicate that things are missing in order to compile Sylpheed properly.
+
+
If the make process has completed, run "make install" (as root), to install the program and the supportfiles
+
+
Compiling Sylpheed with options
+
+
You can choose to compile Sylpheed with some optional features enabled.
+Use ./configure --help to list configuration syntax and options.
+
The following optional features can be enabled:
+
+
+
Jpilot: to use you PDA addressbook with Sylpheed. You will
+need the Jpilot library (and pilot-link, too).
+Enable this option with the --enable-jpilot configure switch.
+
GnuPG: Sylpheed can encrypt and sign your messages (also decrypt
+and verify the signatures of the incoming messages) using GnuPG.
+GnuPG follows the OpenPGP standard and is compatible with PGP.
+To enable this feature, you need to install GnuPG and GPGME (interface
+library to GnuPG).
+Enable this option with the --enable-gpgme configure switch.
+
LDAP: Sylpheed can connect to a LDAP server in order to
+query mail addresses. To enable this feature you will need the
+OpenLDAP library.
+Enable this option with the --enable-ldap configure switch.
+
X-Faces: you can create a small picture (of your face, or
+of anything else) that will be sent in the header of your mails.
+This option is enabled if the compface library is found and
+can be disabled using the --disable-compface configure switch.
+
Images can appear "inline" (embedded in the message window, without
+the need of an external viewer) if Sylpheed is compiled
+with either the gdk-pixbuf or the imlib library.
+You can choose the library (if both are installed) by using the
+--disable-gdk-pixbuf or --disable-imlib configure switch.
+
+
All these features require additional libraries and tools that may not be part
+of your distribution. You can find them at the addresses listed at the beginning
+of this chapter,
+here.
+