Re: Installation problem

Ron Guerin <[email protected]> Mon, 31 Jul 2023 15:59:53 -0400
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On 7/31/23 9:42 AM, Charles Cazabon wrote:

> First off: sorry for delayed reply.

No apology necessary, for many years now, you've given us free tools and 
much of your time. We couldn't ask for more.

> But you don't actually need to do any build/install step; it's just a
> shortcut.
>
> Unpack the getmail tar file wherever you want it to live, and edit the
> included `getmail` script so that the first line is:
>
>    #!/path/to/your/python2-appimage
>
> You can edit the getmail_maildir and getmail_mbox similarly if you use those.
>
> Then you can execute getmail from that directory, or symlink it into a
> directory that's in your PATH.
>
That indeed made it work for me.  Many thanks!

- Ron