How to install phpList on Linux Mint Latest

phpList is a powerful mailing list management software that allows you to send newsletters and other types of emails to large numbers of subscribers. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing phpList on Linux Mint Latest.

Prerequisites

• A Linux Mint Latest server or virtual machine
• A user account with sudo privileges

Step 1: Install LAMP Stack

The first step is to install the LAMP stack, which consists of Apache web server, MySQL database, and PHP scripting language. To do this, open the terminal and run the following commands:

1. Install Apache:

   sudo apt update
   sudo apt install apache2
   

2. Install MySQL:

   sudo apt install mysql-server
   

3. Install PHP:

   sudo apt install php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql
   

4. After installing PHP, restart the Apache service:

   sudo systemctl restart apache2.service
   

Step 2: Download phpList

1. Go to the official website of phpList at https://www.phplist.com/ and download the latest version.

2. Extract the downloaded file:

   tar -xzvf phplist-*.tgz
   

3. Move the extracted files to the document root of your web server:

   sudo mv phplist-* /var/www/html/phplist
   

Step 3: Configure phpList

1. Set the correct permissions for the phpList directory:

   sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/phplist
   

2. Create a database for phpList:

   sudo mysql -u root -p
   

   CREATE DATABASE phplist;
   GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON phplist.* TO 'phplistuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'yourpassword';
   FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
   EXIT;
   

   Replace yourpassword with a strong password of your choice.

3. Rename the config/config.php.sample file to config/config.php:

   cd /var/www/html/phplist
   mv config/config.php.sample config/config.php
   

4. Edit the config/config.php file:

   sudo nano config/config.php
   

   Replace database_user and database_password with the username and password of the MySQL user you created in Step 3.2. Also, change $pageroot to https://yourdomainname.com/phplist.

5. Set up the database:

   sudo php /var/www/html/phplist/admin/index.php -p initialdatabase
   

6. Create the admin user:

   sudo php /var/www/html/phplist/lists/admin/?page=users&action=add
   

Step 4: Configure Apache

1. Create an Apache virtual host file for phpList:

   sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/phplist.conf
   

   <VirtualHost *:80>
       ServerAdmin [email protected]
       DocumentRoot /var/www/html/phplist
       ServerName yourdomainname.com
       ServerAlias www.yourdomainname.com
       <Directory /var/www/html/phplist/>
           Options FollowSymLinks
           AllowOverride All
           Order allow,deny
           allow from all
       </Directory>
       ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/phplist_error.log
       CustomLog /var/log/apache2/phplist_access.log combined
   </VirtualHost>
   

2. Enable the virtual host:

   sudo a2ensite phplist.conf
   

3. Restart Apache:

   sudo systemctl reload apache2.service
   

Step 5: Access phpList

1. Open your web browser and navigate to https://yourdomainname.com/phplist.

2. Log in with the admin user credentials you created in Step 3.6.

3. You are now ready to start sending newsletters and other types of emails to your subscribers with phpList.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed phpList on Linux Mint Latest!