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eGroupWare is a Web-based groupware suite. It contains many modules, including Calendar (personal calendar and group scheduling, notifications and alarms), Mail (Email (IMAP and POP3) or FeLaMiMail (IMAP only)), InfoLog (todos, notes, and phone calls linked to contacts (CRM)), Contacts (an addressbook to store and share contact information), and SiteMgr or JiNN (content management).

eGroupware requirements

• System software e.g. Linux, Windows or MacOSX

• Downloading the eGroupWare Package

• Webserver and php-Interpreter e.g. Apache, IIS recommended Apache 2, min. php 4.3, recommended php 5

• Database (SQL) e.g. MySQL, Postgres, MaxDB, MSSQL min. MySQL 4.0, recommended MySQL 4.1 or 5.0

• SMTP-Server e.g. Postfix

• Client Browser e.g. Firefox, Internet Explorer

• Client IMAP-Server e.g. Cyrus (POP3 also possible, supported only by Anglemail - not by the standard email application FelaMiMail.

Before installing egroupware you have to install apache2 and mysql with php support

Web Server Setup

Install apache2 with php support check here
Database Server Setup

Install mysql with php support

sudo apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client libmysqlclient15-dev

sudo apt-get install php4-mysql

If you want to install php5 support use the following command

sudo apt-get install php5-mysql

Install postfix in Ubuntu

sudo aptitude install postfix mailx

choose satellite system and just press enter when asked other questions, but don’t select any relay host (remove smtp.xxx.xxxx)

Change /etc/mailname to say: test.com

Change /etc/aliases such that,

# Added by installer for initial user
root: holst@test.com

Replace holst@test.com with your own e-mail address!

Finally, do as root

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restart postfix using the following command

sudo /etc/init.d/postfix restart

and if you want to install imap or pop3 servers you can install of your choice and this is only optional.

Installing eGroupware in Ubuntu

sudo aptitude install egroupware

This will start the installation process and you see the following screen first

Now it will ask for which webserver you want to configure for egroupware i am using apache2 and select which one you are using from the list.

Enter the which user you want to use for header user admin and i have entered admin and click on ok

enter the header admin user password

Confirm the header admin password

this time you have choose the option for libc-client without maildir support and i am selecting yes and click on ok

That’s it this will complete the egroupware basic installation.

Go to http://yourserverip/egroupware/setup/ to setup egroupware

Select Your Language and click on “Run Installation Tests”

Now you should see similar to the following screen here you need to click on “Continue to the Header Admin”

Enter your header user admin username and password to login.

Once you login you should see the following screen in this you need to enter all the required fields with the exact information.Important one is enter the configuration username and password for you to login after installation .You click on Add new database instance and write config click on continue.

header.inc.php created click on continue

Now you need to enter the setup/config admin login details and click on login

Here you need to enter DB root username,password and click on Create database

you should see the following screen with red cross marks first thing is you need to click on install button to install all the required applications

Now you should see the following screen with two red cross marks this means you have to setup mail server settings, create the admin account.

Once you created everything you should see similar to the following screen

Now you need to login using the following URL

http://yourserverip/egroupware/ enter your configuration admin username and password to login

Once you logged in into the egroupware you should see similar to the following screen

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