How to Install HyperKitty on EndeavourOS Latest

In this tutorial, we will be installing HyperKitty, a mailing list archiver, on EndeavourOS Latest. Before proceeding with the installation, please make sure that you have administrative privileges on the system.

Step 1: Install Required Packages

The first step is to install the required packages for HyperKitty. Execute the following command on the terminal:

sudo pacman -S python hyperkitty python-django python-flask python-flask-gravatar python-flask-mail python-ua-parser python-pip uwsgi uwsgi-plugin-python

Step 2: Install Additional Packages (optional)

In case you want to use PostgreSQL instead of SQLite, you can install the PostgreSQL client package by executing the following command:

sudo pacman -S postgresql-libs

Step 3: Create a Database

If you are using PostgreSQL, create a new user and database for HyperKitty:

sudo su - postgres
createuser hyperkitty
createdb hyperkitty --owner hyperkitty
exit

Step 4: Install HyperKitty

To install HyperKitty, execute the following commands in the terminal:

sudo pip install hyperkitty
sudo hyperkitty-genconfig
sudo hyperkitty --init

Step 5: Configure HyperKitty

To configure HyperKitty, open the configuration file with your preferred editor:

sudo nano /etc/hyperkitty.cfg

Modify the following lines according to your requirements:

DATABASE_URI = 'sqlite:///hyperkitty.db' # Modify to use PostgreSQL or MySQL
ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['localhost', 'example.com'] # Replace with your domain name
TIME_ZONE = 'UTC' # Replace with your timezone

Step 6: Start HyperKitty

Once the configuration is done, start HyperKitty with the following command:

sudo systemctl start uWSGI
sudo systemctl enable uWSGI

Step 7: Access HyperKitty Web Interface

Open your web browser and access the HyperKitty web interface by navigating to the following URL: http://localhost:8000/hyperkitty. If you are using a different server name or port, replace localhost:8000 with the appropriate value.

You will be prompted to log in with the credentials that you specified during the installation process.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed HyperKitty on EndeavourOS Latest.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install HyperKitty on EndeavourOS Latest. We also saw how to configure and access the HyperKitty web interface. Thank you for reading.