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- Linux metamail installation
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- 1. Type "mkdir metamail" in your home (or other) directory.
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- 2. Type "cd metamail".
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- 3. Type "gzip -dc metamail-linux.tar.z | tar xvf -". This will extract the
- Linux metamail binaries, man and other files.
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- 4. Type "cd bin".
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- 5. Type these instructions:
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- for a in *;do
- install -c $a /usr/bin (use /usr/local/bin or other dir. if you wish)
- done
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- This will install the binary files in your executable directory.
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- 6. Type "cd ../man" for going the the man files directory.
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- 7. Type this:
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- for a in *;do
- install -c -m 444 $a /usr/man/man1 (or /usr/local/man/man1, etc.)
- done
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- This will install the man files in your man direcotry,
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- 8. Type "cd ..".
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- 9. Type "install -c -m 644 mailcap /etc". You can install the mailcap file
- in /usr/etc or /usr/local/etc, if you wish.
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