How to Install Calypso on NetBSD

Calypso is a lightweight, flexible system for managing email and calendar information. It is designed to work well with other command-line tools and Unix utilities. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Calypso on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

Before starting with the installation process, ensure that you have the following prerequisites ready:

• NetBSD installed on your system
• Internet connectivity
• Shell access to your system

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Calypso requires Python and its package management system pip to be installed on your system. However, they aren't installed by default on NetBSD.

To install Python and pip packages, use the following command:

$ sudo pkg_add python3 py3-pip

Step 2: Download Calypso

First, create a directory where we can download and install Calypso.

$ mkdir -p ~/calypso 
$ cd ~/calypso 

Now, download the Calypso source code using wget or curl.

$ wget https://keithp.com/calypso/calypso-1.6.tar.gz 

or

$ curl -LO https://keithp.com/calypso/calypso-1.6.tar.gz 

Once downloaded, extract the tarball using the following command:

$ tar -xzvf calypso-1.6.tar.gz 

Step 3: Install Calypso

You can now install Calypso by running the following command inside the extracted directory:

$ sudo python3 setup.py install 

Step 4: Configuration

After installing Calypso, you must configure it by creating a configuration file.

First, create a directory to store Calypso's configuration files:

$ mkdir -p ~/.config/calypso 

Next, create a configuration file using your favourite text editor:

$ nano ~/.config/calypso/config 

Enter the following content:

[general] 
default_calendar = default 
[imap] 
server = imap.example.com 
username = YourUsername 
password = YourPassword 

Replace the server, username, and password with your own credentials.

Step 5: Running Calypso

To start Calypso, run the following command:

$ calypso 

This will start the Calypso server on your local machine. You can then access it by opening your web browser and going to http://localhost:8080.

Conclusion

This tutorial explained how to install Calypso on NetBSD. Calypso is an excellent tool for managing email and calendar information, and it’s now ready for you to use.

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