How to Install Piler on EndeavourOS Latest

Piler is an open-source email archiving solution that can be used to archive and search mail. Installing it on your EndeavourOS Latest operating system is a straightforward process. Here are the steps to follow:

Step 1: Update Your System

Make sure your system is up-to-date before you install Piler. Run the following command as root or a user with sudo privileges to update your system:

sudo pacman -Syu

Step 2: Install Dependencies

Before you can install Piler, you need to install some dependencies. Run the following command as root or a user with sudo privileges to install the required packages:

sudo pacman -S apache php php-apache php-gd php-intl php-mbstring php-mcrypt php-pdo_mysql php-xml php-pear pdfgrep poppler-utils tesseract mysql

Once the installation is complete, you can proceed to the next step.

Step 3: Download and Install Piler

You can download the latest version of Piler from https://www.mailpiler.org/wiki/start. In this tutorial, we will use the version 1.3.2:

cd /tmp
wget https://www.mailpiler.org/releases/piler-1.3.2.tar.gz
tar xvzf piler-1.3.2.tar.gz
cd piler-1.3.2
sudo pear install --alldeps Mail-IMAPTalk-1.3.0RC2
sudo pear install --alldeps Mail-mimeDecode-1.5.6
sudo pear install Net_SMTP
sudo pear install Archive_Tar

After you have installed Piler, you need to create a database and a user for it. You can do this using the following commands:

mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE piler;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON piler.* TO 'piler'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'piler';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;

Step 4: Configure Piler

Now that you have installed Piler, you need to configure it. Copy the configuration file to the /etc directory and update the database settings:

sudo cp /tmp/piler-1.3.2/contrib/etc/piler.conf /etc
sudo nano /etc/piler.conf

Make the following changes:

db-piler-name = piler
db-piler-user = piler
db-piler-pass = piler

Save and close the file.

Step 5: Setup Apache

Create a new Apache virtual host configuration file for Piler by running the following command:

sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/extra/piler.conf

Add the following contents to the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName piler.yourdomain.com
    DocumentRoot "/usr/share/piler"
    ErrorLog "/var/log/httpd/piler-error_log"
    CustomLog "/var/log/httpd/piler-access_log" combined

    <Directory "/usr/share/piler/">
        Options Indexes FollowSymlinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

</VirtualHost>

Replace piler.yourdomain.com with your desired host name.

Save and close the file.

Step 6: Start Piler

Start Piler by running the following command:

sudo systemctl start piler.service

You can check the status of the service by running:

sudo systemctl status piler.service

If everything is working correctly, you can now access the Piler web interface by navigating to http://piler.yourdomain.com in your web browser.

That's it! You have successfully installed Piler on your EndeavourOS Latest operating system.

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