Pilot -- MIA

Rob Pyott

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Feb 24, 2021, 10:20:58 PM2/24/21

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Hi, I compiled Alpine 2.24 on my Linux machine. Working fine except -- Pilot is not installed apparently. There is no response to the command and Whereis does not return anything.

Ideas? Thanks -- Rob

William Unruh

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Feb 25, 2021, 2:33:41 AM2/25/21

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On 2021-02-25, Rob Pyott <arp...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, I compiled Alpine 2.24 on my Linux machine. Working fine except -- Pilot is not installed apparently. There is no response to the command and Whereis does not return anything.

/usr/bin/pilot?

What Linx distro? It probably already includes the full package in its
repository.

>
> Ideas? Thanks -- Rob

Rob Pyott

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Feb 25, 2021, 6:24:36 AM2/25/21

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Pico is in /usr/bin, but not Pilot. I also don't see it in the folder where I compiled Alpine.

Yes I can add it with apt. But I do wonder what went wrong compiling.

Carlos E.R.

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Feb 25, 2021, 8:08:07 AM2/25/21

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I have no idea what "pilot" is, but I have a lot of them:

cer@Telcontar:~> pilot-
pilot-addresses pilot-file pilot-getromtoken
pilot-install-netsync pilot-read-expenses pilot-read-veo
pilot-clip pilot-foto pilot-hinotes
pilot-install-todo pilot-read-ical pilot-reminders
pilot-csd pilot-foto-treo600 pilot-install-datebook
pilot-install-todos pilot-read-notepad pilot-schlep
pilot-debugsh pilot-foto-treo650 pilot-install-expenses
pilot-install-user pilot-read-palmpix pilot-wav
pilot-dedupe pilot-getram pilot-install-hinote
pilot-memos pilot-read-screenshot pilot-xfer
pilot-dlpsh pilot-getrom pilot-install-memo
pilot-nredir pilot-read-todos
cer@Telcontar:~> pilot-

"Pilot", however, I have none.

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Cheers, Carlos.

J.O. Aho

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Feb 25, 2021, 9:13:51 AM2/25/21

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I would guess configuration options, I do suspect if you disable to
build pico you also disable pilot.

This configuration did build pilot for me

LIBS+="-lpam -lkrb5 -lcrypto" ./configure --prefix=/usr \
--with-passfile=.alpine.passfile --without-tcl \
--disable-shared \
--with-system-pinerc=/etc/alpine.d/pine.conf \
--with-system-fixed-pinerc=/etc/alpine.d/pine.conf.fixed

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//Aho

William Unruh

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Feb 25, 2021, 12:00:46 PM2/25/21

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On 2021-02-25, Carlos E.R. <robin_...@es.invalid> wrote:
...........

>
> I have no idea what "pilot" is, but I have a lot of them:
>

pilot is the file manager that the alpine mailer program uses to allow
you to select files. It is a terminal (not gui) filemanager.

Eduardo Chappa

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Feb 25, 2021, 12:39:45 PM2/25/21

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On Wed, 24 Feb 2021, Rob Pyott wrote:

> Hi, I compiled Alpine 2.24 on my Linux machine. Working fine except --
> Pilot is not installed apparently. There is no response to the command
> and Whereis does not return anything.

Pilot is in the pico/ directory of the source code. It is installed by
default in /usr/local/bin.

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Rob Pyott

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Feb 25, 2021, 3:29:21 PM2/25/21

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I didn't find it in /usr/bin/local. Very strange. Any way to compile separately? (I certainly didn't disable Pico or Pilot during the Alpine configuration.) Thx, - Rob

Chris F.A. Johnson

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Feb 25, 2021, 5:08:05 PM2/25/21

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It did not install as a standalone file manager when alpine was
installed, but I was able to install it with the package manager.

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Carlos E.R.

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Feb 25, 2021, 6:16:08 PM2/25/21

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Oh. I don't remember seeing it "independently". Ah, I see that in
opensuse it is an independent package.

Information for package pilot:
------------------------------
Repository : Main Repository (OSS)
Name : pilot
Version : 2.99-lp152.4.7
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 714.6 KiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : alpine-2.21-lp152.4.7.src
Summary : Simple file system browser
Description :
Pilot is a simple, display-oriented file system browser based on the
Pine message system composer. As with Pine, commands are displayed at
the bottom of the screen, and context-sensitive help is provided.

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Cheers, Carlos.

Eduardo Chappa

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Feb 25, 2021, 9:51:50 PM2/25/21

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On Thu, 25 Feb 2021, Rob Pyott wrote:

> On Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 12:39:45 PM UTC-5, Eduardo Chappa wrote:
>> Pilot is in the pico/ directory of the source code. It is installed by
>> default in /usr/local/bin.

> I didn't find it in /usr/bin/local. Very strange. Any way to compile
> separately? (I certainly didn't disable Pico or Pilot during the Alpine
> configuration.) Thx, - Rob

I do not know if you have a /usr/bin/local directory, but you will find it
in /usr/local/bin, and since you compiled it from source code, the binary
is in the pico/ directory.

Rob Pyott

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Mar 2, 2021, 9:12:36 PM3/2/21

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I think I must have not completed something on the compile. Anyway, I switched back to the package installer -- until I'm more knowledgeable about compiling. Thank you --- Rob