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How to install webmin in Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx

Written by Mel Kham on June 21, 2010. Posted in Ubuntu

Webmin is a web-based interface for system administration for Unix/. Using any modern web browser, you can setup user accounts, Apache, DNS, file sharing and much more. Webmin removes the need to manually edit Unix configuration files like /etc/passwd, and lets you manage a system from the console or remotely you can also create backups for the system and restore.

Today we will show you how to install webmin in Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx.

1- Before to install webmin we need first to install some dependencies

sudo apt-get install perl libnet-ssleay-perl openssl libauthen-pam-perl libpam-runtime libio-pty-perl libmd5-perl

For libmd5-perl install it manually :

Download libmd5-perl

wget http://ftp.debian.org/pool/main/libm/libmd5-perl/libmd5-perl_2.03-1_all.deb

Install libmd5-perl:

sudo dpkg -i   libmd5-perl_2.03-1_all.deb

2- Now download webmin from this Link

3- Install the downloaded package using the command :

dpkg  -i   webmin_1.510-2_all.deb

4- Now start webmin

sudo /etc/init.d/webmin  start

5- To access webmin, open your browser and type :

https://localhost:10000  or https://your-ip:10000

{loadposition user9}

Mel Kham

Founder of Unixmen, Living in Amsterdam. Am working in my free time to help people to understand the Opensource and to explain them in easy way how to make the fist steps to the the light. Working day and night with my Co-founder Zinovsky to keep this website live even with less resources.

Anonymous

it should be https://localhost:10000 like in the screenshot
Zinovsky

Was a typo. Thanks
http://gamblis.com dhani

Nice tutorial, thanks
Billy Bennett

I really appreciate this tutorial as I’m loading up multiple virtual machines with different setups. I do have a question though.

I get a warning every time I load the page in chrome. Any idea what that could be?
Billy Bennett

I had a really nice comment here but I failed the captcha and it reloaded it blank. I appreciate this tutorial very much. I do have a question though. Any idea how to remove the ssh warning when opening webmin admin with chrome?
Billy Bennett

yep that just happened.
yesples

thanks for the tutorial,
after 3, it tells me :
dpkg: error processing webmin_1.510-2_all.deb (–install):
cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
webmin_1.510-2_all.deb

what can i do?
thanks
arrgh

wget http://ftp.debian.org/pool/main/libm/libmd5-perl/libmd5-perl_2.03-1_all.deb

-404 Not found :cry:
J

http://mametrockafella.wordpress.com/2010/08/12/how-to-install-webmin-ubuntu-10-04/
Nubuntu

(64-bit)

A couple more packages are required:

apt-show-versions libapt-pkg-perl

Great article :)
- fermulator
  
  confirmed
RJansen222

This is the best way to install it :)
wget http://www.webmin.com/download/deb/webmin-current.deb
sudo dpkg -i webmin-*.deb
sudo apt-get -f install
- Brent
  
  Except that the required perl library is not in the repos. Using -f will not work for that. It is a required extra step to manually install it just as the post suggests.
  
  However, there will be an error about another extra dependency, where sudo apt-get install -f will work and is the recommended command to install a dependency from the repos.
fuckubuntu

linux is bullshit
- Rusty Broomhandle
  
  Incredibly well thought-out comment there. You have us all in the crushing grip of reason.
stooopid_non_geek

nope…didn’t work lots of luck..this process is outdated/wrong somewhere. Not likely a beginner can figure will puzzle it out. Tried 4 times no any difference in outcome. webmin doesn’t start.
- stooopid_non_geek
  
  HE IS RISEN! The combination of RJansen222 and Nubuntu comments worked for me finally along with carefully reading the pithy screens they generated.
http://enteryoursiteURL... Nigel

Changed order slightly to make less errors, added a sudo before the webmin dpkg, and removed libmd5-perl from the apt-get list (it’s already installed from the debian respository:

wget http://ftp.debian.org/pool/main/libm/libmd5-perl/libmd5-perl_2.03-1_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i libmd5-perl_2.03-1_all.deb
sudo apt-get install perl libnet-ssleay-perl openssl libauthen-pam-perl libpam-runtime libio-pty-perl
wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin_1.510-2_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i webmin_1.510-2_all.deb
[That will part-complete, with an unmet dependency, that's OK. Then run]
sudo apt-get -f install
[which also starts webmin]
BrollyLSSJ

Thank you, that helped me. Though I installed a newer webmin version.
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http://enteryoursiteURL... Alexander

Thank you so much. After upgrading our system to Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS webmin seems not to work properly anymore, in particular, the logins failed. Following your steps the webmin works now fine.
P.S. http://ftp.debian.org/pool/main/libm/libmd5-perl/libmd5-perl_2.03-1_all.deb is a dead link. I used http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libm/libmd5-perl/libmd5-perl_2.03-1_all.deb instead.

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