I can't seem to build pine on ubuntu the saga: now it's cc errors??

[Scott]

Joe(theWordy)Philbrook wrote:
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> It would appear that on Dec 14, Scott did say:
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>> Joe(theWordy)Philbrook wrote:
>> > I can't seem to build pine on ubuntu the saga: now it's cc errors??
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>> I only compile from source when there is no other alternative.
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>> My curiosity drove me crazy so I checked and in this case there is an
>> alternative.
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>> $ wget ftp://ftp.cac.washington.edu/pine/pine_4.64_i386.deb
>> $ sudo dpkg -i pine_4.64_i386.deb
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>> Badda-Bing! Badda-Boom!
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> Yeah, but like I said about that self same .deb in a previous thread 
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>> > http://www.washington.edu/pine/getpine/linux.html
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>> > says (in part):
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>> > - -> Debian .deb package built on Debian GNU/Linux 3.0
>> > - -> pine_4.64_i386.deb package    MD5: 4cdc6c60dbe8e47829189194b8cbd99a
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> And which quickly got this in a reply...
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>>Generally, attempts to cross-hybridize Debian and Ubuntu carry a caveat!---  be
>>vewy cawefuw!
>> 
>>Could give it a shot just to see what happens OR whip over to here:
>>http://homes.esat.kuleuven.be/~decockd/wiki/bin/view.cgi/Main/InstallingUbuntuTOC
>>and look for the line that says  "Compiling the Current version of Pine"
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>>Might work OK if you compile from a tar file.
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> Which is why I decided that building pine was something I needed to be
> able to do...

In many cases this is true, installing a package in Ubuntu that's 
compiled for Debian can lead to problems and should be avoided.  But 
there's not all that much to Pine to begin with, so I took my chances.

I didn't just install it, I actually used it.  It seemed to work fine. 
Although Pine isn't my cup-o-tea to begin with.

No matter, it seems you've found success in compiling from source.

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Scott
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