How to Install Inboxen on NetBSD

Inboxen is a self-hosted email service that offers privacy and security features. If you are a NetBSD user and want to install Inboxen on your system, follow these steps:

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Before installing Inboxen, we need to install some dependencies. Open your terminal and type the following command:

sudo pkgin install mysql-server ruby zip

This will install MySQL server, Ruby, and Zip on your system. These dependencies are required to run Inboxen.

Step 2: Install Git

Next, we need to install Git. Git is a version control system that is used to download and manage Inboxen's source code. To install Git, run the following command:

sudo pkgin install git

Step 3: Clone Inboxen

After installing Git, we can clone Inboxen's source code. Run the following command to download Inboxen:

git clone https://github.com/dani-garcia/inboxen.git

This will create a directory called inboxen in your current directory.

Step 4: Install Inboxen

Now that we have all the dependencies and source code, we can install Inboxen by running the following command:

cd inboxen && bundle install --binstubs

This will install Inboxen and all its required dependencies. It may take a few minutes to complete.

Step 5: Configure Inboxen

After installing Inboxen, we need to configure it. Go to the config directory and copy the sample configuration file:

cd config && cp config.yml.sample config.yml

Edit the config.yml file to adjust Inboxen's settings to your needs. For more information on how to configure Inboxen, refer to its documentation.

Step 6: Start Inboxen

Finally, we can start Inboxen by running the following command:

./bin/inboxen start

This will start the Inboxen server. You can access Inboxen by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost:3000.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have learned how to install Inboxen on NetBSD. We installed its dependencies, cloned its source code, installed it, configured it, and started it. Now you can use Inboxen to host your own email service.