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On 13 Jan 2026 08:01:52 +1000 Computer Nerd Kev wrote:

> Markus Robert Kessler  wrote:
>> On 12 Jan 2026 07:20:47 +1000 Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
>>> Well I built GNU Mailutils 3.21 from source with all the functionality
>>> you require and noted the following dependencies:
>>> 
>>> readline-dev, libunistring-dev, gnutls38-dev, tcp_wrappers-dev,
>>> libltdl, libtool-dev, libgsasl-dev
>>> 
>>> At least libgsasl-dev probably isn't needed for your use since I only
>>> added that to enable SMTP authentication using putmail. IMAP
>>> authentication using movemail was working before that. Some others
>>> might be surplus to requirements too.
>> 
>> Interesting, thank you!
>> 
>> Well, these are the BUILD dependencies - are there RUNTIME requirements
>> also?
> 
> Sure, all of those with "-dev" removed, except libtool. You can probably
> use whatever version of the gnutls package for your distro is the
> latest.
> 
> readline, libunistring, gnutls, tcp_wrappers, libltdl, libgsasl
> 
> Although you can build it without some of those, such as libgsasl as
> mentioned before. Of course exact package names will differ between
> distros, especially with the "lib" prefixes.
> 
> "ldd `which movemail`" is a quick way to see all the libraries used by
> the executable, however it will show additional libraries used by the
> direct dependenies, without distinction. Another way is using "readelf
> -d `which movemail` | grep NEEDED", which just gives you the immediate
> dependencies, but then in this case you get a bunch of "libmu_*"
> Mailutils libraries which then also need to be checked with "ldd" or
> "readelf", and that gets confusing. Also those tools won't show any
> libraries or executables that are loaded after the program has started.
> Then you have to work out which packages the libraries belong to, for
> which the method is specific to your distro or package format.
> 
> Anyway in this case you can just go from the list I gave you above.

Hi, regarding Mageia Linux I am working on, I get

needed:              available in distro:

readline             lib64readline-devel
libunistring         lib64unistring-devel
gnutls               lib64gnutls-devel
tcp_wrappers         tcp_wrappers
                     (no devel, executables in /usr/sbin:
                     safe_finger; tcpd; tcpdchk; tcpdmatch; try-from)
libltdl              lib64ltdl-devel
libgsasl             lib64gsasl-devel

So, except "tcp_wrappers", the package seems to be builable?

Thanks a lot!


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