Roundcube is a free webmail client that can be used to access emails from a web browser. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Roundcube on OpenSUSE Latest.
Before we begin, you must have the following:
The first step is to install Apache and PHP on your OpenSUSE server. To do this, run the following command:
sudo zypper install apache2 php
This will install Apache and PHP on your server.
Roundcube requires a database to store its data. In this tutorial, we will be using MySQL as our database.
To install MySQL, run the following command:
sudo zypper install mysql mysql-client
During the installation, you will be prompted to set a root password for MySQL. Make sure to set a strong password and remember it.
Next, we need to create a new database and user for Roundcube. To do this, login to MySQL as the root user by running:
sudo mysql -u root -p
You will be prompted to enter the root password that you set during the installation.
Once you are logged in to the MySQL shell, run the following commands to create a new database and user for Roundcube:
CREATE DATABASE roundcube;
CREATE USER 'roundcube'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON roundcube.* TO 'roundcube'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Note: Replace 'password' with a strong password for the Roundcube user.
You can download the latest version of Roundcube from their official website: https://roundcube.net/download/
Alternatively, you can use the following command to download and extract Roundcube on your OpenSUSE server:
wget https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/releases/download/1.4.11/roundcubemail-1.4.11-complete.tar.gz
tar -xvf roundcubemail-1.4.11-complete.tar.gz
Note: Replace the version number with the latest version available on the Roundcube website.
After extracting Roundcube, we need to configure it. Navigate to the Roundcube directory and rename the configuration file by running the following command:
cd roundcubemail-1.4.11
cp config/defaults.inc.php config/config.inc.php
Next, edit the configuration file using a text editor:
nano config/config.inc.php
Find the following lines and update them as shown:
$config['db_dsnw'] = 'mysql://roundcube:password@localhost/roundcube';
Note: Replace 'password' with the password you set for the Roundcube user in step 3.
Next, we need to move Roundcube to Apache's document root. By default, Apache's document root is located at /srv/www/htdocs/.
To move Roundcube to Apache's document root, run the following command:
sudo mv roundcubemail-1.4.11 /srv/www/htdocs/roundcube
We need to set the correct permissions for Roundcube to run. To do this, run the following command:
sudo chown -R apache:apache /srv/www/htdocs/roundcube
Finally, we need to restart Apache for the changes to take effect. To do this, run the following command:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Once you have completed all the above steps, you can access Roundcube via your web browser by navigating to the following URL:
http://your-server-ip/roundcube/
You should now be able to log in to Roundcube with your email account credentials.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Roundcube on OpenSUSE Latest. We hope that you found this tutorial useful and that you now have a better understanding of how to install Roundcube.
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