dependencies
Alot depends on recent versions of notmuch and urwid. Note that due to restrictions on argparse and subprocess, you need to run `3.0` > python ≥ `2.7` (see :ref:`faq <faq_7>`). A full list of dependencies is below:
- libmagic and python bindings, ≥ 5.04
- configobj, ≥ 4.7.0
- twisted, ≥ 10.2.0:
- libnotmuch and it's python bindings, ≥ 0.13
- urwid toolkit, ≥ 1.1.0
- urwidtrees, ≥ 1.0
- gpg
Note
urwidtrees was only recently detached from alot and is not widely available as a separate package. You can install it e.g., via pip directly from github:
pip install --user https://github.com/pazz/urwidtrees/archive/master.zipOn debian/ubuntu the rest are packaged as:
python-setuptools python-magic python-configobj python-twisted python-notmuch python-urwid python-gpg
On fedora/redhat these are packaged as:
python-setuptools python-magic python-configobj python-twisted python-notmuch python-urwid python-gpg
Alot uses mailcap to look up mime-handler for inline rendering and opening of attachments. For a full description of the maicap protocol consider the manpage :manpage:`mailcap(5)` or RFC 1524. To avoid surprises you should at least have an inline renderer (copiousoutput) set up for text/html, i.e. have something like this in your :file:`~/.mailcap`:
text/html; w3m -dump -o document_charset=%{charset} '%s'; nametemplate=%s.html; copiousoutput
get and install alot
You can use pip to install directly from GitHub:
$ pip install --user https://github.com/pazz/alot/archive/master.zip
Don't have pip installed? Just download and extract, then run:
python setup.py install --user
Make sure :file:`~/.local/bin` is in your :envvar:`PATH`. For system-wide installation omit the --user flag and call with the respective permissions.
generate manual and manpage
To generate the documentation you need sphinx, ≥ 1.07 installed. Go to :file:`docs/` and do a:
make html make man
to generate the user manual and a man page. Both will end up in their respective subfolders in :file:`docs/build`.