In this tutorial, we will be guiding you through the process of installing MailForm, which is a web application for managing emails from a website, on Ubuntu Server Latest. MailForm is an open-source project available on Github for free.
Before we begin, you will need the following:
Make sure your system is up-to-date by running the following commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
Git is a version control system that allows you to track changes to your code. MailForm is hosted on Github, so we will need Git to download it. To install Git, run the following command:
sudo apt install git
To clone the MailForm repository from Github, navigate to the directory where you want to install MailForm and run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/Feuerhamster/mailform.git
MailForm is built using the Ruby programming language and requires some Ruby packages to be installed. To install the required packages, run the following commands:
sudo apt-get install ruby-full
sudo apt-get install build-essential patch
sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev liblzma-dev
Bundler is a dependency management tool for Ruby. To install Bundler, run the following command:
gem install bundler
MailForm has a list of dependencies in its Gemfile. To install these dependencies, we need to use Bundler. Navigate to the MailForm directory and run the following command:
cd mailform
bundle install
We need to set up a database for MailForm. MailForm supports SQLite, MySQL, and PostgreSQL. In this tutorial, we will be using SQLite. If you prefer to use MySQL or PostgreSQL, refer to the MailForm documentation for instructions.
To set up the database, run the following commands:
rake db:create
rake db:migrate
rake db:seed
These commands will create the database, migrate it to the latest schema, and seed the database with sample data.
Now that MailForm is installed and the database is set up, we can start the server. Run the following command:
rails server
You should see output that looks like this:
=> Booting WEBrick
=> Rails 6.1.3 application starting in development
=> Run `bin/rails server --help` for more startup options
This means the server has started and you can access MailForm by navigating to http://localhost:3000/.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install MailForm on Ubuntu Server Latest. With MailForm, you can manage emails from your website effortlessly.
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