<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>TkRat mini-HOWTO: Installing TkRat</TITLE> <LINK HREF="TkRat-3.html" REL=next> <LINK HREF="TkRat-1.html" REL=previous> <LINK HREF="TkRat.html#toc2" REL=contents> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="TkRat-3.html">Next</A> <A HREF="TkRat-1.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="TkRat.html#toc2">Contents</A> <HR> <H2><A NAME="s2">2. Installing TkRat</A></H2> <P>I would like to stress that there are many excellent E-Mail programs available for Linux. It is always a matter of personal preference when selecting which one you will use. That said, I will tell you that I have been using a program called "TkRat" for over 2 years now - and I love it. It's a graphical program that has all the features you would expect from a quality mail program, it's easy to learn how to use, it's powerful, and it's free. For these reasons, I'll only be covering TkRat in this HOWTO. <P>The first thing you need to do is download TkRat. You can either obtain the sources and compile them, or you can get the binaries. <P>Here are some URLs for the software: <P> <UL> <LI> <A HREF="ftp://ftp.md.chalmers.se/pub/tkrat/tkrat-2.0b3.tar.gz">ftp://ftp.md.chalmers.se/pub/tkrat/tkrat-2.0b3.tar.gz</A> (Download via ftp)</LI> <LI> <A HREF="http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/~maf/ratatosk/tkrat-2.0b3.tar.gz">http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/~maf/ratatosk/tkrat-2.0b3.tar.gz</A> (Download via http)</LI> <LI> <A HREF="http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/~maf/ratatosk/download.html">http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/~maf/ratatosk/download.html</A> (Download page - check for the latest version!)</LI> </UL> <P>When you have downloaded the tarfile, you are ready to install it on your system. <P>To install the tar.gz source, use the commands: <HR> <PRE> tar -zcvpf tkrat-2.0b3.tar.gz cd tkrat-2.0b3 ./configure make make install </PRE> <HR> If anything fails, consult the INSTALL and README files located in the tkrat-2.0b3 directory. Note that you will need a version of tcl that is greater than 8.1 for this to compile. You can obtain the latest tcl from <A HREF="http://www.scriptics.com/">scriptics.com</A>. <P> <P>Congratulations - TkRat should now be installed on your system. <P> <HR> <A HREF="TkRat-3.html">Next</A> <A HREF="TkRat-1.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="TkRat.html#toc2">Contents</A> </BODY> </HTML>
