Horde is a web-based groupware application suite that provides email, contacts, calendar, tasks, and notes management. In this tutorial, we'll guide you through the process of installing Horde on MXLinux Latest.
Before you start installing Horde, ensure you have the following prerequisites:
To install Horde on MXLinux Latest, we need to install some required packages first. Open your terminal and run the following command to update your system packages:
sudo apt update
After updating your system, run the following command to install the packages:
sudo apt install apache2 mariadb-server php libapache2-mod-php php-gd php-mysql php-pear php-xml php-mbstring php-intl php-ldap
Before we can install Horde, we need to configure the MariaDB server by running the following command:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
You will be prompted to enter the root password for the MariaDB server. After entering the password, press "Enter" to proceed.
Follow the on-screen instructions to configure the MariaDB server. You can choose to set a new root password, remove anonymous users, disallow root login remotely, and remove test databases.
Once you have finished configuring the MariaDB server, run the following command to create a new database and user for Horde:
sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE horde;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON horde.* TO 'hordeuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit
Replace "password" with a strong password for the hordeuser.
Next, we need to download and extract the Horde package by running the following command:
wget https://download.horde.org/stable/horde-webmail-5.2.22.tar.gz
sudo tar xvzf horde-webmail-5.2.22.tar.gz -C /var/www/html/
sudo mv /var/www/html/horde-webmail-5.2.22 /var/www/html/horde
Replace the version number "5.2.22" with the latest version available on the Horde website.
To configure Apache for Horde, we need to create a new virtual host file by running the following command:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/horde.conf
Insert the following text into the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin [your-email@example.com]
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/horde
<Directory /var/www/html/horde>
Options FollowSymlinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/horde_error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/horde_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace "your-email@example.com" with your email address.
Save and close the file by pressing "Ctrl + X", then "Y", and "Enter".
Next, enable the virtual host by running the following command:
sudo a2ensite horde.conf
Reload the Apache service to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl reload apache2
Now open your web browser and navigate to the following URL:
http://your-server-ip/horde
Replace "your-server-ip" with the IP address of your MXLinux Latest server.
You should now see the Horde web interface. Follow the on-screen instructions to configure your email, contacts, calendar, tasks, and notes management.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Horde on MXLinux Latest.
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