In this tutorial, we will be showing you how to install DadaMail on Clear Linux Latest. DadaMail is a powerful and easy-to-use email list management system that allows you to create and send your own email newsletters, and manage your subscribers with ease.
Before installing any package on Clear Linux, it is recommended to update the system packages to their latest versions. You can do this by running the following command as a superuser:
sudo swupd update
DadaMail is written in Perl, so you need to install Perl on your Clear Linux system. You can install Perl by running the following command:
sudo swupd bundle-add perl-basic
DadaMail depends on several Perl modules to work correctly. You can install these modules by running the following command:
sudo cpanm Email::Sender
sudo cpanm Email::Valid
sudo cpanm Data::Uniqid
sudo cpanm URI::Escape
sudo cpanm Encode::Detect
sudo cpanm HTML::Template
sudo cpanm List::MoreUtils
sudo cpanm CGI
sudo cpanm Text::Markdown
You can download the latest version of DadaMail by visiting the following URL - http://dadamailproject.com/download/. Once the download is finished, extract the downloaded archive file to the /opt directory of your Clear Linux system by running the following command:
sudo tar xvfz dadamail-x.x.x.tar.gz -C /opt/
Go to the /opt/dadamail-x.x.x directory and run the following command to configure DadaMail:
sudo perl dada.cgi
Follow the prompts and provide the required information, such as database settings and administrator account details.
To access DadaMail on your web browser, you will need to configure your web server. If you're using Apache web server, you can create a virtual host configuration file for DadaMail by running the following command:
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/dadamail.conf
Add the following configuration directives:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName dadamail.example.com
DocumentRoot "/opt/dadamail-x.x.x"
<Directory "/opt/dadamail-x.x.x/">
Options None
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file. Then, restart the Apache web server to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl restart httpd
You can access DadaMail by opening a web browser and navigating to http://dadamail.example.com/dada. Replace dadamail.example.com with your server's hostname or IP address.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install DadaMail on Clear Linux Latest. By following these steps, you can easily configure DadaMail and start sending newsletters to your subscribers.
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