Re: Sqwebmail from Freebsd Ports.

On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 08:54:36PM +0200, simbo adeyemi wrote:
> I am installed sqwebmail from source unto my freebsd 5.2 server. The
> installation didnt seem too good as some key files seemed to be missing, i
> couldnt even find a start-up script for sqwebmail.

Read the document INSTALL. It tells you, under the section "Modify your
system startup script", where it is.

For the record, what you need is:

# /usr/local/share/sqwebmail/libexec/sqwebmail/sqwebmaild start
# /usr/local/share/sqwebmail/libexec/authlib/authdaemond start

(and follow the directions in INSTALL about cleancache.pl too)

Or there's a worksheet here, where section 6 shows installation of sqwebmail
from source:
http://ws.edu.isoc.org/workshops/2004/CEDIA/presentaciones/bc/correo/courier.html
[that's for Linux rather than FreeBSD, so replace "make" with "gmake"]

> Anyway, i later discovered that sqwebmail was available for installation in
> my ports collection. Now in Freebsd, it is normally advisable to install
> packages from source.
> Please how do i remove or de-install completely the sqwebmail i installed
> from source? I want to do this before i reinstall from ports.

rm -rf /usr/local/share/sqwebmail

> And if anyone has  any experience with sqwebmail on freebsd, would you know
> if it's ok to continue with the one i installed from source?

I never use the ports for courier-imap, sqwebmail, or exim - I always
compile from source. This is because:
(a) when a new release comes out, the ports take a while to be updated
(b) bringing the ports collection up to date is always a pain, as it breaks
dependencies and I don't want to have to recompile *everything* on my system
(c) I always want to compile these packages with a different set of options
than the ports provide anyway

So I can assure you it works just fine to compile yourself from source.

Regards,

Brian.