OpenSolaris 2008.11 | Ubuntu |
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Compiled from sources. Configure it without kerberos. Then do make | TODO. Works fine |
Set configuration in ~/.pinerc.
To access a Google Mail account with IMAP:
personal-name=<YOUR NAME> user-domain=gmail.com smtp-server=smtp.gmail.com/submit/user=<YOUR GOOGLE USERNAME>@gmail.com/novalidate-cert inbox-path={imap.gmail.com/user=<YOUR GOOGLE USERNAME>@gmail.com/ssl/novalidate-cert}Inbox
All other entries can left by default.
Solaris 10 | OpenSolaris 2008.11 | Ubuntu |
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CSWemacs | SUNWgnu-emacs and SUNWgnu-emacs-x | ![]() |
/opt/csw/bin/pkg-get emacs | pkg install SUNWgnu-emacs SUNWgnu-emacs-x | apt-get install ?? |
;; turn on font-lock mode (global-font-lock-mode t) ;; enable visual feedback on selections (setq-default transient-mark-mode t) ;; always end a file with a newline (setq require-final-newline t) ;; stop at the end of the file, not just add lines (setq next-line-add-newlines nil) ;;to display time (display-time) ;;to set the cursor color (set-cursor-color "red") ;;to set the font (set-default-font "7x14") ;; foreground (set-foreground-color "white") ;;to set background color to black (set-background-color "black") ;;to manage the geometric size of initial window. (setq initial-frame-alist '((width . 87) (height . 42)))
To read IMAP email in Emacs (Google)
poll imap.gmail.com proto imap port 993 user <"google username">, with password <"password">, is <"username on host"> here options keep nofetchall ssl
Solaris | OpenSolaris 2008.11 | Debian | Ubuntu |
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No precompiled package. Compile from sources | Not tried |
Eterm is a terminal particularly suited for use within Enlightenment. There are specific Eterm themes here
Download, build and install libAST. Unless a special directory has been specified for configure (./configure –prefix=…), libAST installs in /usr/local (this is not the usual Solaris method).
export PATH=/usr/sfw/bin:/opt/csw/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin::/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:. export MAKE=gmake make
Download Eterm. Add /usr/local/lib to your LD_LIBRARY_PATH so that it finds libAST.
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/lib export PATH=/usr/sfw/bin:/opt/csw/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:.:/usr/local/bin export MAKE=gmake
Install imlib2
/opt/csw/bin/pkg-get install imlib2
Configure Eterm, specifying the right path for Imlib2 (/opt/csw in my case – note you mustn't specify /opt/csw/lib).
./configure --with-imlib=/opt/csw
Compile Eterm
make
Install Eterm: the Makefile of bg needs to be fixed: at the end of the Makefile, the lines that call install-sh for the various images is wrong: add a '..' so that gets install-sh from the right directory.
Evince is a PDF, PS (etc) document viewer.
Solaris 10 | OpenSolaris 2008.11 | Ubuntu |
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CSWevince | ![]() | ![]() |
/opt/csw/bin/pkg-get evince | apt-get install ?? | |
installed in /opt/csw/bin | installed in /usr/bin | apt-get install ?? |
This is a simple image viewer in GNOME. To launch it, run eog.
Solaris 10 | OpenSolaris 2008.11 | Ubuntu |
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CSWfetchmail |
To debug, try
fetchmail -vk
Fetchmail for IMAP requires a valid sendmail server !
Solaris 10 | OpenSolaris 2008.11 | Ubuntu |
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CSWgimp | SUNWgnome-img-editor | ![]() |
/opt/csw/bin/pkg-get gimp | pkg install SUNWgnome-img-editor | apt-get install ?? |
GThumb is GNOME's thumbnail viewer. To launch it, run gthumb
Solaris 10 | OpenSolaris 2008.11 | Debian | Ubuntu |
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Yes. Use Sun's installer. Typically installs in /usr/jdk/jdk1.6.0_11 |
To install a JRE 1.6:
To install the java plugin in Firefox3, copy (or link) the java plugin to the firefox3 plugins directory:
Solaris 10 | OpenSolaris 2008.11 |
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/opt/sfw/lib/firefox3/plugins | /usr/lib/firefox/plugins |
For example,
cd /opt/sfw/lib/firefox3/plugins ln -s /opt/jre1.6.0_07/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so .
Solaris 10 | OpenSolaris 2008.11 | Ubuntu |
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CSWtetex | IPStetex from Blastwave's IPS repository | ![]() |
/opt/csw/bin/pkg-get tetex | installed from packagemanager in /opt/csw/bin | apt-get install ?? |
Solaris 10 | OpenSolaris 2008.11 | Ubuntu |
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CSWfindutils | ![]() |
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commands are glocate and gupdatedb in /opt/csw/bin | command is slocate | locate and updatedb |
Solaris | OpenSolaris 2008.11 | Ubuntu |
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Download here |
Mrxvt is a nice terminal, with support for transparency and tabs (though I usually do not use tabs !).
The only problem is that is doesn't support unicode yet, so French accents are quite ugly
I recommend:
./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-xft --disable-greek --with-save-lines=1000 --with-term=xterm --disable-debug
Set the following properties in ~/.Xdefaults:
mrxvt*vt0*saveLines: 1000 mrxvt*loginShell: false mrxvt*scrollBar: true mrxvt*scrollbarStyle: rxvt mrxvt*transparent: true mrxvt*shading: 85 mrxvt*transparentScrollbar: false mrxvt*transparentTabbar: true mrxvt*transparentMenubar: true mrxvt*background: darkblue mrxvt*backgroundFade: 60 mrxvt*fading: 0 mrxvt*tabForeground: lightgreen mrxvt*itabForeground: lightgreen mrxvt*itabBackground: black mrxvt*bottomTabbar: true mrxvt*windowsSwitch: false mrxvt*showMenu: false mrxvt*hideButtons: false mrxvt*xft: true mrxvt*xftFont: DejaVu Sans Mono mrxvt*xftmFont: DejaVu Sans Mono mrxvt*xftWidth: normal mrxvt*xftSize: 12 mrxvt*cursorBlink: false mrxvt*geometry: 80x25 mrxvt*cursorColor: red
Nautilus is GNOME's file manager. To launch it without loading the GNOME desktop or background, do:
nautilus --no-desktop
Solaris | OpenSolaris 2008.11 | Ubuntu |
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Not tried | Web page. Use CVS to checkout | Works fine. |
Pidgin is an Instant Messenger able to connect to several IM networks. To use it over Google Talk:
Pidgin is in /usr/bin. You may need to restart pidgin for those changes to take effect. In addition, make sure the account is marked 'enabled'.
Solaris | OpenSolaris 2008.11 | Ubuntu |
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Not tried | Compiled from sources (v2.8) | Not tried |
TO DO: it is broken now on my system.
To run in from the source directory:
./ROX-Filer/ROX-Filer
Solaris | OpenSolaris 2008.11 | Ubuntu |
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Web page. Use CVS to checkout |
URxvt is a unicode rxvt… so it supports French accents ! It also supports transparency. However, I currently experience a slight bug (?) related to the terminal's size. Looks like it does not know/handle very well its height.
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/share --enable-xft --enable-font-styles --enable-transparency --enable-fading --enable-rxvt-scroll --enable-next-scroll --enable-xterm-scroll --enable-mousewheel --enable-smart-resize --enable-text-blink --enable-keepscrolling --enable-selectionscrolling --with-term=xterm --with-x --disable-perl $ make $ make install
I had to fix the man page directory: they were put in /usr/share/share/man and not /usr/share/man.
Set the following properties in ~/.Xdefaults:
URxvt*xft: true URxvt*scrollBar: true URxvt*vt0*saveLines: 1000 URxvt*loginShell: false URxvt*scrollbarStyle: rxvt URxvt*transparent: true URxvt*shading: 60 URxvt*transparentScrollbar: false URxvt*transparentTabbar: true URxvt*transparentMenubar: true URxvt*foreground: orange URxvt*background: darkblue URxvt*cursorColor: red URxvt*geometry: 80x25 URxvt*scrollColor: orange URxvt*font: xft:DejaVu Sans Mono:style=Normal:pixelsize=15 URxvt*mouseWheelScrollPage: true
XnView (tar.gz) is a good image viewer which runs on several platforms including Solaris.
If you have Gnome, you can use gthumb or nautilus –no-desktop.
Installation tips on Solaris 10:
To install the soft, unzip the package. Then modify the ./install script and modify directory /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/XnView to /usr/X11/lib/X11/app-defaults/XnView (Solaris 10 u5). To launch XnView, run /usr/local/bin/xnview.
This is the simplest, lightest, THE original XTerm
Set the following properties in ~/.Xdefaults:
XTerm*font: 9x15 XTerm*foreground: lightgreen XTerm*background: black XTerm*scrollBar: true XTerm*vt0*saveLines: 1000
Packages from BlastWave install in /opt/csw. The default Solaris installation (with the entire distribution) includes several software, installed in /usr/sfw. For instance, gcc is in /usr/sfw/bin.