IMP is a webmail client developed by the Horde project. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of IMP on Fedora Server Latest.
Before we begin with the installation of IMP, it's essential to update the system packages to the latest version. Open up a terminal and run the below command to update Fedora Server:
sudo dnf update -y
IMP requires a web server to function correctly. In this step, we will install the Apache web server on Fedora Server. Run the below command in the terminal to install Apache:
sudo dnf install httpd -y
Once installed, enable and start the Apache service with the below command:
sudo systemctl enable httpd
sudo systemctl start httpd
IMP is developed in PHP, and thus we need to install PHP along with some extensions to make it work. Run the following command to install PHP and required PHP extensions:
sudo dnf install php php-pear php-xml php-mbstring php-imap php-mysqlnd -y
Once installed, restart the Apache service to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl restart httpd
In this step, we will download and install the IMP package on our Fedora Server. Run the below command on your terminal to download the latest version of IMP from the official website:
wget https://www.horde.org/download/horde/horde-latest.tar.gz
Once downloaded, extract the tarball file with the following command:
tar -xvf horde-latest.tar.gz
After extracting the package, move the IMP folder to the Apache's default document root directory with the below command:
sudo mv horde-*/imp/ /var/www/html/
Next, assign the correct permissions to the IMP directory with the below command:
sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/imp/
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/imp/
Fedora Server comes with SELinux enabled by default. We need to configure the SELinux policy to allow Apache to access the IMP directory. Run the following command to allow read/write access to the IMP directory:
sudo chcon -R -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t /var/www/html/imp/
IMP is now installed and ready to use. Open up a web browser and type the following URL to access the IMP webmail client:
http://<your-server-ip>/imp/
You should see the IMP login page. Enter your email address and password to login and start using IMP.
In this tutorial, we have learned how to install IMP, a webmail client developed by the Horde project on Fedora Server. We hope this tutorial helped you to install and configure IMP successfully.
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