Build instructions for Linux

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+### Build on Linux ###
+
+- Install the following debian packages:
+
+```
+sudo apt-get install libctemplate-dev libicu-dev libsasl2-dev libtidy-dev \
+    uuid-dev libxml2-dev libuchardet-dev libglib2.0-dev autoconf automake libtool
+```
+
+- Grab and compile the latest of libetpan: https://github.com/dinhviethoa/libetpan
+
+```
+mkdir ~/libetpan
+cd ~/libetpan
+git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/dinhviethoa/libetpan
+cd libetpan
+./autogen.sh
+make >/dev/null
+sudo make install prefix=/usr >/dev/null
+```
+
+- Compile MailCore 2:
+
+```
+cd ~/mailcore2
+mkdir build
+cd build
+cmake ..
+make
+```