IMP is a web-based email client for Unix-like operating systems. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install IMP on Clear Linux Latest.
Before you start, you need to make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
Before starting the installation, update the system by running the following command:
sudo swupd update
This command will ensure that you have the latest packages installed in your system.
IMP requires some dependencies to be installed on the system. To install the dependencies, execute the following command in your terminal:
sudo swupd bundle-add php-basic
sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-libmcrypt
sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-libss
sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-libxml2
sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-libxslt
sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-lynx
Download the latest version of IMP from the official download page. You can choose the tar.gz or ZIP archive format, depending on your preference.
Once you have downloaded the archive, navigate to the directory where it has been saved.
cd Downloads
Next, extract the archive:
tar -zxvf horde_imp-6.2.38.tar.gz
This will create a new directory named horde_imp-6.2.38 in the current directory.
Copy the horde_imp-6.2.38 directory to the web server directory. In Clear Linux Latest, the default web server directory is /usr/share/nginx/html.
sudo cp -r horde_imp-6.2.38 /usr/share/nginx/html/
Once you have copied the directory to the web server directory, change its permissions to make it accessible to the web server.
sudo chown -R nginx:nginx /usr/share/nginx/html/horde_imp-6.2.38/
IMP is now installed on your Clear Linux Latest system. To access IMP, open your web browser and type in http://localhost/horde_imp-6.2.38/ in the address bar.
In this tutorial, you have learned how to install IMP on Clear Linux Latest. By following these steps, you can use IMP to manage your emails on the Clear Linux Latest operating system.
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