Hi, I am trying to install Squirrelmail on Centos 8 but it seems that package is missing in the EPEL repo for Centos 8? Anyone know if this was on purpose or how to tell which packages won't be created? Thanks, Earl
On 02.12.19 20:15, Earl Terwilliger via CentOS wrote:> I am trying to install Squirrelmail on Centos 8 but it seems that package > is missing in the EPEL repo for Centos 8? Anyone know if this was on > purpose or how to tell which packages won't be created?Squirrelmail is dead. Nobody did the work to port it to a recent php version. So I think you should switch to another webmail software. Roundcube is a good choice in my option, but there is also no package in EPEL 8. Best regards Ulf
On 2019-12-02 13:15, Earl Terwilliger via CentOS wrote:> Hi, > > I am trying to install Squirrelmail on Centos 8 but it seems that package > is missing in the EPEL repo for Centos 8? Anyone know if this was on > purpose or how to tell which packages won't be created?As far as I know, squirrelmail is noT actively maintained for quite some time: https://www.squirrelmail.org/ For this reason, variety of distributions phase it out, or may do it soon. Latest version coming as port on FreeBSD is dated Apr 4, 2018 (it runs under PHP-7.2 so I'm happy so far). I maintain two webmail front ends: squirrelmail and round cube. I plan to replace squirrelmail with Horde webmail soon. I hope, this helps. Valeri> > Thanks, > Earl > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >-- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > On 2019-12-02 13:15, Earl Terwilliger via CentOS wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am trying to install Squirrelmail on Centos 8 but it seems that >> package >> is missing in the EPEL repo for Centos 8? Anyone know if this was on >> purpose or how to tell which packages won't be created? > > As far as I know, squirrelmail is noT actively maintained for quite some > time: > > https://www.squirrelmail.org/ > > For this reason, variety of distributions phase it out, or may do it > soon. Latest version coming as port on FreeBSD is dated Apr 4, 2018 (it > runs under PHP-7.2 so I'm happy so far). I maintain two webmail front > ends: squirrelmail and round cube. I plan to replace squirrelmail with > Horde webmail soon. > > I hope, this helps. > > Valeri > >> >> Thanks, >> Earl >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > > -- > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Valeri Galtsev > Sr System Administrator > Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics > Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics > University of Chicago > Phone: 773-702-4247 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >Thanks.. Squirrelmail is still available on Fedora 31 so I was thinking it still should be around for centos 8 (and it does work on the latest versions of php) I will have to look around for something to replace it but the big problem is getting the users to like something new... Earl
On 2019-12-02 13:36, Ulf Volmer wrote:> On 02.12.19 20:15, Earl Terwilliger via CentOS wrote: > >> I am trying to install Squirrelmail on Centos 8 but it seems that package >> is missing in the EPEL repo for Centos 8? Anyone know if this was on >> purpose or how to tell which packages won't be created? > > Squirrelmail is dead. Nobody did the work to port it to a recent php > version. So I think you should switch to another webmail software. > Roundcube is a good choice in my option, but there is also no package in > EPEL 8.Thanks, that confirms my knowledge. FreeBSD port I have mentioned in my reply to OP's post does work with PHP 7.2. It could be port maintainer who made necessary patching. Anyway, as an interim solution while choosing what to migrate to it is possible to download tarball of FreeBSD port, and installed what is in it. It shouldn't be much trouble: php 7.2 it depends on is php 7.2 whatever system it is installed on. Just thought. Here is the link to FreeBSD port: https://www.freshports.org/mail/squirrelmail/ Here is reference to squirrelmail snapshots from the above: http://snapshots.squirrelmail.org/ I hope, this helps. Valeri> > Best regards > Ulf > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >-- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++