How to install/upgrade roundcube in a cPanel/Linux server

Before installing roundcube on a cPanel server you should know your mysql root password. Replace DATABASEPASSWORD with your mysql root password.

If Roundcube is already installed, you need to uninstall it.

Uninstall/remove exiting RoundCube

# cd /usr/local/cpanel/base

# rm -rf roundcube*

On mysql prompt

mysql -e ‘drop database roundcube’;

# /scripts/upcp

Now follow the  steps to update/install latest roundcube. You will have to specify your root password when prompted.

# cd /usr/local/cpanel/base

# wget -O roundcube.tar.gz http://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/

# roundcubemail/roundcubemail-0.2.1.tar.gz

# rm -rf roundcube.tar.gz

# mv -f roundcubemail-0.2.1/ roundcube

# cd roundcube

# chmod -R 777 temp

# chmod -R 777 logs

Database Configuration

Create the database, database user and install the intial sql file. The following commands will do this for you.

mysql -e “CREATE DATABASE roundcube;”

mysql -e “GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON roundcube.* TO [email protected] IDENTIFIED BY

‘DATABASEPASSWORD’;”

mysql -e “FLUSH PRIVILEGES;”

mysql -e “use roundcube; source SQL/mysql.initial.sql;”

You will have to replace the roundcube password with ‘DATABASEPASSWORD’ field.

Roundcube Configuration

# cd config

# mv db.inc.php.dist db.inc.php

# mv main.inc.php.dist main.inc.php

then open database configruation file db.inc.php in your favroite editor.

# vi db.inc.php

Find following line

$rcmail_config[‘db_dsnw’] = ‘mysql://roundcube:[email protected]/roundcubemail’;

Replace it with

$rcmail_config[‘db_dsnw’] = ‘mysql://roundcube:[email protected]/roundcube’;

Now Open main.inc.php

# vi main.inc.php

Find

$rcmail_config[‘default_host’] = ”;

Replace with

$rcmail_config[‘default_host’] = ‘localhost’;

Configure cPanel to show roundcube in the theme. Please note this is for the X theme(default) only!! If you use another theme please skip the next part and see below.

# cd /usr/local/cpanel/base/roundcube/skins/default/images/

# cp –reply=yes roundcube_logo.png /usr/local/cpanel/base/frontend/x/images/roundcube_logo.png

# cp –reply=yes roundcube_logo.png /usr/local/cpanel/base/webmail/x/images/roundcube_logo.png

# cd /usr/local/cpanel/base

# wget http://www.solsearch.net/HGpatch-roundcube-1.0BETA2

# patch -p0 < HGpatch-roundcube-1.0BETA2

# chattr +i /usr/local/cpanel/base/frontend/x3/webmaillogin.html

# chattr +i /usr/local/cpanel/base/webmaillogin.cgi

Restart the mysql, cpanel services on your server. You are done!, have fun with your new Roundcube installation!!

You can access roundcube by http://yourdomain.com/webmail.