eGroupware is a free open-source groupware suite that allows users to manage email, calendar, contacts, tasks, and more. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install eGroupware on Arch Linux.
Before you proceed with the installation, make sure you have the following:
Before we start with the installation process, it's always a good idea to update the system packages to their latest versions.
sudo pacman -Syu
eGroupware requires some packages to be installed on the system. We need to install these packages before installing eGroupware.
sudo pacman -S apache mariadb php php-apache php-curl php-gd php-intl php-ldap php-mbstring php-pgsql php-pear php-sqlite php-xsl git composer
eGroupware stores its data in a database. We need to create a database for this purpose. Use the following commands to create a new database, a user, and a password for the user.
sudo mariadb-install-db --user=mysql --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql
sudo systemctl enable mariadb
sudo systemctl restart mariadb
sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE egroupware;
CREATE USER 'egroupwareuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON egroupware.* TO 'egroupwareuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit
Replace 'password' with your own strong password.
Clone the eGroupware repository from GitHub using the following command.
git clone -b 21.1 https://github.com/EGroupware/egroupware.git /var/www/egroupware
Once the repository is cloned, navigate to the directory that contains the composer.json file and run the composer install command.
cd /var/www/egroupware
sudo composer install --no-dev --prefer-dist
This process may take some time to complete depending on your system speed and internet connection.
Once the installation is complete, run the following command to set the ownership and permissions of the eGroupware directory.
sudo chown -R http:http /var/www/egroupware/
sudo chmod -R 770 /var/www/egroupware/
We need to configure Apache to serve eGroupware. Open the Apache configuration file using a text editor.
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
Add the following configuration at the end of the file.
Alias /egroupware "/var/www/egroupware"
<Directory "/var/www/egroupware">
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
Save and close the file.
Restart the Apache service using the following command.
sudo systemctl restart httpd
You can now access eGroupware using a web browser by navigating to http://localhost/egroupware/. eGroupware will guide you through the installation and configuration process.
You have learned how to install eGroupware on Arch Linux. Use it to manage your email, contacts, calendar, and more. Enjoy!
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