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How to Install phpList on Elementary OS Latest

This tutorial will guide you through the steps to install phpList on Elementary OS. phpList is an open-source email newsletter and mailing list management software. It is used to send email newsletters, campaigns, and mailing lists.

Prerequisites

• A working Elementary OS Latest installation with sudo access.
• LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) installed on your system.

Step 1: Download phpList

You can download the latest version of phpList from the official phpList website. Open a terminal and run the following command to download phpList:

wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/phplist/files/phplist/3.5.3/phplist-3.5.3.tgz/download -O phplist-3.5.3.tgz

Step 2: Extract the downloaded file

Run the following command to extract the downloaded file:

tar -xf phplist-3.5.3.tgz

Step 3: Move phpList to your web directory

Create a symbolic link in /var/www/html/ pointing to the extracted directory:

sudo ln -s /path/to/phplist-3.5.3 /var/www/html/phplist

Step 4: Create a new MySQL database for phpList

phpList requires a MySQL database to store its data. Run the following commands to create a new MySQL database and a database user for phpList:

sudo mysql
CREATE DATABASE phplist;
CREATE USER 'phplist'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON phplist.* TO 'phplist'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Replace password with a strong password of your choice.

Step 5: Configure phpList

Rename the config/config.php.sample file to config/config.php and make the following changes:

...
$database_host = 'localhost'; // MySQL database host
$database_name = 'phplist'; // MySQL database name
$database_user = 'phplist'; // MySQL database user
$database_password = 'password'; // MySQL database password
...

Replace password with the password you set for the phplist MySQL user.

Step 6: Set file permissions

Set the correct file permissions for phpList:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/phplist/
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/phplist/

Step 7: Access phpList

Open your web browser and enter the URL http://localhost/phplist in the address bar. The phpList installation wizard will guide you through the remaining steps.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed phpList on Elementary OS Latest.

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