Schleuder is a GNU mailing list manager with advanced authentication and privacy features, designed for use in activist and political organizations. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Schleuder on POP! OS Latest.
Before installing Schleuder, it is essential to ensure that your system is up to date. To update your system, run the following command:
sudo apt update
To upgrade your system, run:
sudo apt upgrade
Schleuder requires several dependencies to be installed on the system. To install these dependencies, run the following command:
sudo apt install ruby-full libsqlite3-dev libgpgme11-dev build-essential
After installing the dependencies, you can proceed to install Schleuder. There are two ways to install Schleuder on your server: through gem or using the distribution package.
Gem is a package manager for Ruby libraries. To install Schleuder through gem, run the following commands:
sudo gem install schleuder
After installing Schleuder, you can verify the installation by running:
schleuder --version
If you prefer to install Schleuder through the distribution package, you can add the Schleuder repositories to the system by running the following commands:
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keys.openpgp.org --recv-key 623CA7ED50E859FACD8F250AF495E63A63EC9551
echo "deb https://apt.openschool.cc/pub/apt/ schleuder main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/schleuder.list
sudo apt update
After adding the repository, you can install Schleuder by running:
sudo apt install schleuder
After installing Schleuder, it is time to configure it. The configuration file for Schleuder is located at /etc/schleuder/schleuder.conf. You can open the file using your favorite text editor, such as nano or vim.
sudo nano /etc/schleuder/schleuder.conf
In the configuration file, you can customize various settings, such as the email address and encryption key for the list. Ensure that you save the configuration file after editing.
After configuring Schleuder, you can start the service by running:
sudo systemctl start schleuder
To enable the service at boot, run:
sudo systemctl enable schleuder
To stop the service, run:
sudo systemctl stop schleuder
To check the status of the service, run:
sudo systemctl status schleuder
In this tutorial, we guided you through the installation process of Schleuder on POP! OS Latest. We covered installing dependencies, installing Schleuder through gem and distribution packages, configuring Schleuder, and starting the Schleuder service. We hope that this tutorial helped you set up Schleuder successfully on your server.
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