Installing Virtualmin GPL using install script on Debian Etch
Last Updated on Tuesday, 02 February 2010 23:44 Written by Joe Aldeguer Thursday, 08 January 2009 15:52
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| Installing Virtualmin GPL using install script on Debian Etch |
| Installing additional packages |
| Running install script |
| Connecting to Webmin |
| Change webmin admin account |
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On a newly installed Debian Etch server I will install Virtualmin GPL using the automated install script. Preparations before using install script:
Disclaimer: There is absolutely no guarantee this will work for you. Created for author's personal use.
Note: Words in italic are commands that need to be typed at shell prompt.
vi /etc/apt/sources.list
Comment out # deb CDROM:
apt-get update
Later on after running Virtualmin's automated install script this will be the contents of sources.list.
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ etch main
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ etch main
deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib
deb http://software.virtualmin.com/gpl/debian/ virtualmin-etch main
