phpList is an open-source software that allows you to manage email marketing campaigns. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install phpList on EndeavourOS Latest.
Before you start, you will need:
First, you need to update your system to the latest version. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo pacman -Syu
phpList requires a web server to run. In this tutorial, we will be using Apache.
You can install Apache by running the following command:
sudo pacman -S apache
Once Apache is installed, you can start and enable it using the following commands:
sudo systemctl start httpd
sudo systemctl enable httpd
phpList is a PHP-based application. You need to install PHP and some required modules for it to function properly. You can install PHP and the required modules by running the following command:
sudo pacman -S php php-apache php-gd php-mcrypt php-xml
Once PHP and the modules are installed, you can restart Apache for the changes to take effect:
sudo systemctl restart httpd
Now you can download and install phpList. You can download it from the following link:
https://www.phplist.com/download
Once you have downloaded phpList, extract the files to the Apache document root directory /srv/http/. If you prefer, you can extract it to any other directory and create a virtual host in Apache to host it.
sudo tar xfz phplist.tgz -C /srv/http/
Change ownership of the directory to Apache user.
sudo chown -R http /srv/http/lists/
You need to configure phpList before you can use it. Open the configuration file "config/config.php" in your favorite text editor and make the following changes:
$database_host = 'localhost';
$database_name = 'phplist';
$database_user = 'your_database_user';
$database_password = 'your_database_password';
define ("PHPMAILERHOST",'localhost');
define('DEFAULT_FROM_NAME', 'your name');
define('DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL', 'your email address');
Save the changes and exit the text editor.
You need to create a database and a user for phpList to store its data. You can create a database and user with the following command:
mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE phplist;
CREATE USER 'your_database_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_database_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON phplist.* TO 'your_database_user'@'localhost';
flush privileges;
exit
Finally, you can run the phpList installer by opening a web browser and navigating to the following URL:
http://your_server_address/lists/admin/
Follow the installer instructions to complete the installation.
Now you have successfully installed phpList on EndeavourOS Latest. You can use it to manage your email marketing campaigns.
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