RoundCube

1.   Introduction
1.1   Install RoundCube
1.2   Configure the Database Settings
1.3   Configure the Main Settings
2.   Tango Icons

Introduction

RoundCube does have a Debian package, however, I have always preferred to install web applications by hand. This assumes you already have a web server up and running with PHP5 and MySQL5 support. It also assume you have a database created using 'utf8_general_ci' collation for the RoundCube data.

Install the RoundCube prerequisites

 apt-get install php5-imap 

Install RoundCube

 wget http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/roundcubemail/roundcubemail-0.1-rc2.tar.gz
 tar zxvf roundcubemail-0.1-rc2.tar.gz
 cd roundcubemail-0.1-rc2
 mv * /home/virtual/webmail.example.org/public_html
 cd /home/virtual/webmail.example.org/public_html/
 chown -R www-data:www-data *
 chmod 755 temp logs
 cp config/db.inc.php.dist config/db.inc.php      
 cp config/main.inc.php.dist config/main.inc.php

Configure the Database Settings

Edit the 'config/db.inc.php' file and modify the database connection settings.

 $rcmail_config['db_dsnw'] = 'mysql://databaseuser:databasepassword@localhost/databasename';

Load the database schema

 mysql --user=(databaseuser) -p (databasename) < SQL/mysql5.initial.sql

When prompted, enter the password.

Configure the Main Settings

Edit the 'config/main.inc.php' file and modify the settings listed below.

 // enable caching of messages and mailbox data in the local database.
 // this is recommended if the IMAP server does not run on the same machine
 $rcmail_config['enable_caching'] = FALSE;

 // the mail host chosen to perform the log-in
 // leave blank to show a textbox at login, give a list of hosts
 // to display a pulldown menu or set one host as string.
 // To use SSL connection, enter ssl://hostname:993
 $rcmail_config['default_host'] = 'localhost';

That's it, it should be working.

References

• http://trac.roundcube.net/wiki/Howto_Install

Tango Icons

Download the Tango icon set from the URL below (you need to register to the forums)

• http://roundcubeforum.net/forum/index.php?topic=1523.0

Now extract the archive.

 cd /home/virtual/webmail.example.org/public_html/skins/default/images
 unzip /tmp/RealTango.zip

$Id: RoundCube,v 1.5 2008/03/03 12:58:57 martin Exp $