SquirrelMail is a popular, open-source web-based email client that allows users to access their emails over the internet. In this tutorial, we will outline the steps to install SquirrelMail on Void Linux.
Before you can install SquirrelMail on your Void Linux system, you need to ensure that you have the following:
Follow the below steps to install SquirrelMail on your Void Linux System:
SquirrelMail requires a web server and PHP to function. If you do not already have a web server installed, your Void Linux system may use the lightweight web server called "boa". In this case, we need to install Apache and PHP before we can proceed.
To install Apache and PHP, run the below command in your terminal window:
sudo xbps-install -S apache php
You can download SquirrelMail from the official website. Once you have downloaded it, extract it to your web server's document root directory.
sudo tar -xzf squirrelmail-<version>.tar.gz -C /srv/http/
This command will extract the contents of the SquirrelMail archive to the "/srv/http" directory.
Set directory permissions to allow the web server to access SquirrelMail files.
sudo chown -R http:http /srv/http/squirrelmail
SquirrelMail required configuration before it can be used. To configure it, run the setup script:
sudo sh /srv/http/squirrelmail/config/conf.pl
Follow the prompts to configure SquirrelMail.
The Apache web server needs to be configured to serve SquirrelMail. To do this, create a virtual host configuration file with the below content:
sudo vi /etc/httpd/conf/squirrelmail.conf
Alias /squirrelmail /srv/http/squirrelmail
<Directory "/srv/http/squirrelmail">
AllowOverride None
Options FollowSymLinks
Require all granted
</Directory>
Save and exit the file.
Restart the Apache web server to apply the changes:
sudo service httpd restart
You can now access SquirrelMail in your web browser by navigating to the below URL:
http://<server-ip>/squirrelmail
You have successfully installed SquirrelMail on your Void Linux system. You can now start using it to access your emails over the internet.
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