On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 11:22:10PM -0500, Ian Pushee wrote: > This isn't specificly a ppc-debian issue, but hopefuly someone will have > some insite... I am trying to install the PINE mail/news reader on my > new Dibian system. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a package for > it (thought pine-docs is available). Is there some reason that this > widely (at least to my eyes) used email client is left out of the > distribution? What is the cleanest way for me to install it w/out a > debian package available (convert an RPM maybe)?
Pine's licence forbid binary distribution. There is a source package available in non-free which you can build for yourself, or you can just use mutt, or another free alternative. I think mutt can be made to behave like pine with regards to keybindings or something such, but when i was personally faced with this problem, i just became used to mutt. Friendly, Sven Luther
