Citadel is an open-source messaging and collaboration solution designed for small and medium-sized businesses. It includes email, calendaring, address books, bulletin boards, and instant messaging. This tutorial will walk you through the process of installing Citadel on Manjaro.
Before proceeding with the installation, make sure your Manjaro system is up to date. You can do this by running the following command in a terminal:
sudo pacman -Syu
Citadel requires several dependencies to be installed on your system. You can install them all at once using the following command.
sudo pacman -S gcc make openssl mariadb postgresql-libs libsodium
You can download the latest version of Citadel from the official website or use the following command to download it directly from the terminal.
wget https://github.com/citadel/citadel/archive/master.zip
Once the download is complete, extract the archive with the following command.
unzip master.zip
Navigate to the extracted directory.
cd citadel-master
Compile and install Citadel by running the following command:
./autogen.sh && ./configure --prefix=/usr && make && sudo make install
Now that Citadel is installed on your system, you need to configure it before you can start using it. You can generate a basic configuration file by running the following command:
sudo /usr/lib/citadel-server/setup
This command will prompt you to enter some basic information about your installation, including your domain name, administrator email address, and passwords for various accounts.
To start the Citadel server, run the following command:
sudo systemctl start citadel
To make sure Citadel starts automatically at boot time, run the following command.
sudo systemctl enable citadel
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Citadel on your Manjaro system. You can now start using Citadel to manage your email, calendar, and other collaboration tools.
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