SquirrelMail is a popular open-source webmail application that allows users to access their email accounts from anywhere in the world. Installing SquirrelMail on Elementary OS can be done quickly and easily using the following steps.
Before we begin the installation process, ensure you have these prerequisites installed on your computer:
The first step in installing SquirrelMail on Elementary OS is to download the latest version of the application from its official website https://squirrelmail.org.
Use the wget command to download the latest version of SquirrelMail:
wget https://squirrelmail.org/downloads/squirrelmail-webmail-1.4.23.tar.gz
After downloading the SquirrelMail archive, use the tar command to extract it:
tar -xvf squirrelmail-webmail-1.4.23.tar.gz
This command will extract the archive in the current directory.
Move the extracted SquirrelMail directory to your web server's document root directory. Typically, the document root directory for Apache is /var/www/html/.
Issue the following command to move the SquirrelMail directory:
sudo mv squirrelmail-1.4.23 /var/www/html/
In this step, we need to configure SquirrelMail. To do that, change the directory to the SquirrelMail directory and execute the configuration script:
cd /var/www/html/squirrelmail-1.4.23
sudo ./configure
It will start the automatic configuration process; each step will ask for user input.
After running the configuration script, a configuration file named config.php will be created in the SquirrelMail directory:
sudo mv config.php /var/www/html/squirrelmail-1.4.23/config/
Finally, launch SquirrelMail by entering the following URL in your web browser's address bar:
http://your-server-ip/squirrelmail-1.4.23/
Remember to replace your-server-ip with your server's IP address.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed SquirrelMail on Elementary OS. Now you can access your email accounts from anywhere by logging in to SquirrelMail through a web browser.
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