How To Install phpwapmail on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install phpwapmail on CentOS 7. phpwapmail is WAP-based e-mail client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install phpwapmail on CentOS 7.

What is phpwapmail

phpWAPmail is a WAP-based e-mail client. It is intended for providing access to e-mail servers from cellular phones using WAP browser. phpWAPmail is written in PHP and uses standard PHP imap module to operate with mailboxes. It is placed on a web-server and acts as a proxy between cellular users and mail servers. This way it can provide faster access to the mailboxes rather than built-in e-mail clients and less network traffic. Edit /etc/httpd/conf.d/phpwapmail.conf to allow access by remote IP addresses. Edit /etc/phpwapmail/config.php to change some default settings.

We can use yum or dnf to install phpwapmail on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install phpwapmail.

Install phpwapmail on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install phpwapmail using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install phpwapmail

Install phpwapmail on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install phpwapmail using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install phpwapmail

How To Uninstall phpwapmail on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the phpwapmail package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove phpwapmail

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install phpwapmail on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.