Installing Citadel on Linux Mint

Citadel is an easy-to-use, open source messaging and collaboration system that can run on various platforms. In this tutorial, we will take you through the steps to install Citadel on Linux Mint.

Prerequisites

Before we start installing Citadel, there are some prerequisites that we need to install first:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install build-essential bison flex openssl libwrap0-dev libpam0g-dev libicu-dev libjson-c-dev zlib1g-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libsqlite3-dev

Install Citadel

Once we have installed the prerequisites, we can start installing Citadel by following these steps:

1. Download the latest Citadel source code from the official website: https://www.citadel.org/doku.php?id=installation:source

wget https://www.citadel.org/downloads/citadel.tar.gz

2. Extract the downloaded file:

tar -xzf citadel.tar.gz

3. Change directory to the extracted folder:

cd citadel*

4. Run the following command to build and install Citadel:

./configure 
make && sudo make install

5. After the installation is complete, start the Citadel services:

sudo /usr/local/citadel/citadel start

6. Access the Citadel Web interface by opening a web browser and entering the server's IP address followed by /citadel:

http://server-ip/citadel

7. Create a new user by clicking on Administration and selecting Add New User. Fill in the necessary details and click OK.

That’s it! You have successfully installed Citadel on Linux Mint. Now you can use its features to communicate and collaborate with others.

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