phpList is a free and open-source email marketing software that allows you to send newsletters, campaigns, and other promotional emails. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install phpList on Manjaro.
Before installing phpList, you need to make sure your Manjaro system is up-to-date. Open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo pacman -Syu
phpList runs on a web server, and Apache is a popular web server software that can run on Manjaro. To install Apache, run the following command in the terminal:
sudo pacman -S apache
After the installation is complete, start the Apache service by running:
sudo systemctl start httpd
To check if Apache is running, open your web browser and visit http://localhost. You should see a message saying "It works!".
phpList is written in PHP, so you need to install PHP on your Manjaro system. Run the following command to install PHP and its extensions:
sudo pacman -S php php-apache php-gd php-imap php-pear php-mcrypt php-mssql php-mysql php-pgsql php-smtp php-snmp php-sqlite php-xmlrpc
After the installation is complete, restart the Apache service by running:
sudo systemctl restart httpd
To install phpList, you need to download the latest version from the phpList website (https://www.phplist.com/). Open your web browser and navigate to the Downloads page. Right-click the "zip" link for the latest version and copy the link address.
In the terminal, navigate to the directory where you want to download phpList (e.g., /var/www/html). Run the following command to download the zip file:
sudo wget <phpList-zip-link>
Extract the contents of the zip file:
sudo unzip <phpList-zip-filename>
Rename the extracted folder to phplist:
sudo mv <extracted-folder-name> phplist
Change the ownership of the phplist folder to the Apache user:
sudo chown -R http:http /var/www/html/phplist
To configure phpList, create a database for it in MySQL or MariaDB, and create a user with privileges to access the database. You can use the following commands to do this:
sudo mysql -u root -p
This will open the MySQL/MariaDB console. Enter your root password when prompted.
CREATE DATABASE phplist;
CREATE USER 'phplistuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON phplist.* TO 'phplistuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Replace phplistuser and password with your desired username and password.
Next, copy the config.php.sample file in the phplist folder to config.php:
sudo cp /var/www/html/phplist/config/config.php.sample /var/www/html/phplist/config/config.php
Open config.php in your text editor and edit the following lines:
define('PHPMAILERHOST', 'localhost');
define('DATABASE_NAME', 'phplist');
define('DATABASE_USER', 'phplistuser');
define('DATABASE_PASSWORD', 'password');
Replace localhost, phplist, phplistuser, and password with your database host, database name, database user, and database password, respectively.
Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost/phplist. You should see the phpList installation page. Follow the instructions on the page to complete the installation.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed phpList on Manjaro. You can now use it to send newsletters, campaigns, and other promotional emails.
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