How to Install IMP on Elementary OS Latest

In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install IMP on Elementary OS latest version. IMP is a popular webmail client from the Horde project that supports multiple languages and provides advanced functionality for managing email.

Prerequisites

• A running instance of Elementary OS Latest
• A user account with sudo privileges

Installation

1. First, we need to update our system by running the following command:

   sudo apt update
   

2. Install the Apache web server, and PHP and MySQL extensions using the following command:

   sudo apt install apache2 php libapache2-mod-php mysql-server php-mysql php-imap php-xml
   

3. Download the latest version of IMP from the official website using the following command:

   wget https://www.horde.org/apps/imp/download
   

4. Extract the downloaded archive using the following command:

   tar -xf imp-*.tar.gz
   

5. Copy the extracted files to the Apache webroot directory:

   sudo cp -r imp-*/ /var/www/html/
   

6. Rename the config directory:

   sudo mv /var/www/html/imp-*/config /var/www/html/imp-*/config_old
   

7. Create a new configuration directory:

   sudo mkdir /var/www/html/imp-*/config
   

8. Make the config directory writeable for the webserver:

   sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/imp-*/config
   sudo chmod -R 777 /var/www/html/imp-*/config
   

9. Next, create a new MySQL database and user for IMP:

   sudo mysql -u root -p
   

   mysql> CREATE DATABASE impdb;
   mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON impdb.* TO 'impu'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'IMP_PASSWORD';
   mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
   mysql> EXIT;
   

10. Configure the database settings for IMP. Copy the conf.xml.dist file to conf.xml and edit it to match your database settings:

    cp /var/www/html/imp-*/config_old/conf.xml.dist /var/www/html/imp-*/config/conf.xml
    nano /var/www/html/imp-*/config/conf.xml
    

    Update the database settings with the following configuration:

    <config type="horde">
      <set name="mailer">
        <value>smtp://localhost</value>
      </set>
      <set name="testdisable">
        <value>1</value>
      </set>
    </config>
    <config type="sql">
      <set name="username">
        <value>impu</value>
      </set>
      <set name="password">
        <value>IMP_PASSWORD</value>
      </set>
      <set name="hostspec">
        <value>localhost</value>
      </set>
      <set name="port">
        <value>3306</value>
      </set>
      <set name="protocol">
        <value>tcp</value>
      </set>
      <set name="database">
        <value>impdb</value>
      </set>
    </config>
    

    Replace IMP_PASSWORD with the password that you set for the impu user.

11. Restart the Apache web server:

    sudo systemctl restart apache2
    

12. IMP is now installed and can be accessed by entering the following URL in your web browser:

    http://localhost/imp-*
    

    Replace the * with the version number of IMP that you downloaded.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed IMP on your Elementary OS Latest system! Enjoy managing your email with IMP.

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