Dada Mail is a web-based email marketing application that allows you to create and send personalized email messages to your subscribers. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Dada Mail on EndeavourOS Latest.
Before we begin, it's essential to make sure that your system is up-to-date. To update your EndeavourOS server, run the following command:
sudo pacman -Syyu
Next, we need to install some dependencies that are required for Dada Mail to work correctly. Run the following command to install them:
sudo pacman -S git wget unzip curl perl-dbd-mysql perl-email-send perl-mime-tools perl-net-smtp-ssl perl-mime-charset perl-net-cidr-lite perl-mime-lite perl-mail-sender perl-time-modules perl-xml-simple perl-yaml-simple perl-yaml-tiny perl-html-strip perl-crypt-cbc
Dada Mail also requires some Perl modules. We can install them using the CPAN command-line tool. First, install the following dependencies:
sudo pacman -S perl-json perl-digest-sha
Then launch the CPAN shell by running the following command:
sudo cpan
In the CPAN shell, install the following modules:
install JSON::XS
install Digest::SHA
install Crypt::PasswdMD5
install DBI
install DBD::mysql
install MIME::Lite::HTML
install Net::SMTPS
install Email::Send
install Email::MIME::CreateHTML
install Email::Sender::Simple
install HTML::Scrubber
Dada Mail requires a MySQL or MariaDB database to store newsletter subscribers and other information. First, log in to your MySQL or MariaDB database server using the following command:
mysql -u root -p
Create a new database for Dada Mail:
CREATE DATABASE dadamail;
Next, create a new MySQL user and grant it the necessary privileges:
CREATE USER 'dadauser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON dadamail.* TO 'dadauser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Replace password with a strong, unique password of your choice.
Download the latest version of Dada Mail from the official website. Run the following command to download it:
wget https://dadamailproject.com/download/install_dada_mail.pl
Run the following command to start the installation process:
sudo perl install_dada_mail.pl
Follow the prompts to configure Dada Mail. When prompted for the database information, enter the following details:
Database Name: dadamail
Database User: dadauser
Database Password: [the password you set earlier]
Database Host: localhost
Database Port: 3306
Then, follow the remaining prompts to complete the installation.
Finally, we need to configure our web server to serve Dada Mail. If you're using Apache, create a new virtual host for Dada Mail:
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/extra/httpd-dadamail.conf
Add the following configuration:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@example.com
DocumentRoot "/path/to/dada/cgi-bin/"
ServerName dadamail.example.com
<Directory "/path/to/dada/cgi-bin/">
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog "/var/log/httpd/dadamail_error.log"
CustomLog "/var/log/httpd/dadamail_access.log" common
SetEnv PERL5LIB "/path/to/dada/cgi-bin/:/path/to/dada/perllibs/:/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/:/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/"
</VirtualHost>
Replace /path/to/dada with the actual path where you installed Dada Mail.
If you're using Nginx, add the following configuration to your server block:
location /dada {
alias /path/to/dada/cgi-bin/;
access_log /var/log/nginx/dadamail_access.log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/dadamail_error.log;
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $request_filename;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_param PERL5LIB /path/to/dada/cgi-bin/:/path/to/dada/perllibs/:/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/:/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/;
}
Again, replace /path/to/dada with the actual path where you installed Dada Mail.
Once you've made these changes, save and close the file. Then, restart your web server to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl restart httpd
or
sudo systemctl restart nginx
You can now access Dada Mail by navigating to http://dadamail.example.com in your web browser, where dadamail.example.com is the hostname you set in your web server configuration.
Congratulations! You have now successfully installed Dada Mail on EndeavourOS Latest.
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