The source installation is the most difficult installation type of Zammad. If you’re not too experienced with Linux and all that, you may want to use another installation type:
Note
Please note that we only use sudo after direct user changes. In all other situations you can expect root being in charge.
Hint
Looking for MacOS hints? You can find the developer documentation here.
Prerequisites
Software Dependencies
Please ensure that you already provided mentioned Software requirements.
Add User
$ useradd zammad -m -d /opt/zammad -s /bin/bash $ groupadd zammad
Installation
Get the Source
Not all distributions ship wget and tar by default, you may need to install it manually.
Get the latest stable release of Zammad here. This file will be updated whenever new bug-fixes are applied, so you can update from this URL regularly.
$ cd /opt $ tar -xzf zammad-latest.tar.gz --strip-components 1 -C zammad $ chown -R zammad:zammad zammad/ $ rm