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Installation of Webmin On Linuxmint 19

Installation Process

Check the linuxmint version

root@linuxhelp:~# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	LinuxMint
Description:	Linux Mint 19 Tara
Release:	19
Codename:	tara

Install the dependency package using the following command

root@linuxhelp:~# apt install python apt-show-versions libapt-pkg-perl libauthen-pam-perl libio-pty-perl libnet-ssleay-perl
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
libapt-pkg-perl is already the newest version (0.1.33build1).
libio-pty-perl is already the newest version (1:1.08-1.1build4).
python is already the newest version (2.7.15~rc1-1).
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libperl5.26 perl perl-base perl-modules-5.26
Suggested packages:
  perl-doc libterm-readline-gnu-perl | libterm-readline-perl-perl
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  apt-show-versions libauthen-pam-perl
The following packages will be upgraded:
  libnet-ssleay-perl libperl5.26 perl perl-base perl-modules-5.26


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Setting up libperl5.26:amd64 (5.26.1-6ubuntu0.3) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2) ...
Setting up perl (5.26.1-6ubuntu0.3) ...
Setting up libauthen-pam-perl (0.16-3build5) ...
Setting up apt-show-versions (0.22.7ubuntu1) ...
** initializing cache. This may take a while **
Setting up libnet-ssleay-perl (1.84-1ubuntu0.2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1) ...

Download the webmin installation package using wget

root@linuxhelp:~# wget http://www.webmin.com/download/deb/webmin-current.deb
--2019-11-20 05:08:00--  http://www.webmin.com/download/deb/webmin-current.deb
Resolving www.webmin.com (www.webmin.com)... 216.105.38.10
Connecting to www.webmin.com (www.webmin.com)|216.105.38.10|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin_1.920_all.deb [following]
--2019-11-20 05:08:00--  https://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin_1.920_all.deb
Resolving prdownloads.sourceforge.net (prdownloads.sourceforge.net)... 216.105.38.13
Connecting to prdownloads.sourceforge.net (prdownloads.sourceforge.net)|216.105.38.13|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location: https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/webadmin/webmin/1.920/webmin_1.920_all.deb [following]
--2019-11-20 05:08:02--  https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/webadmin/webmin/1.920/webmin_1.920_all.deb
Resolving downloads.sourceforge.net (downloads.sourceforge.net)... 216.105.38.13
Connecting to downloads.sourceforge.net (downloads.sourceforge.net)|216.105.38.13|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net/project/webadmin/webmin/1.920/webmin_1.920_all.deb [following]
--2019-11-20 05:08:03--  https://excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net/project/webadmin/webmin/1.920/webmin_1.920_all.deb
Resolving excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net (excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net)... 202.153.32.19
Connecting to excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net (excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net)|202.153.32.19|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 16841952 (16M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘webmin-current.deb’

webmin-current.deb         100%[======================================>]  16.06M  1.12MB/s    in 14s     

2019-11-20 05:08:18 (1.11 MB/s) - ‘webmin-current.deb’ saved [16841952/16841952]

Install the package using gdebi installation

root@linuxhelp:~# gdebi webmin-current.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree        
Reading state information... Done
Reading state information... Done

web-based administration interface for Unix systems
  Using Webmin you can configure DNS, Samba, NFS, local/remote filesystems
  and more using your web browser.  After installation, enter the URL
  https://localhost:10000/ into your browser and login as root with your root
  password.
Do you want to install the software package? [y/N]:y
Selecting previously unselected package webmin.
(Reading database ... 239701 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack webmin-current.deb ...
Unpacking webmin (1.920) ...
Setting up webmin (1.920) ...
Webmin install complete. You can now login to https://linuxhelp:10000/
as root with your root password, or as any user who can use sudo
to run commands as root.
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-20) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (237-3ubuntu10) ...

Switch to browser and enter the localhost with port number snap1 Enter the user details to login the webmin snap2 This is the dashboard of webmin snap3 This is the method to install webmin in Linuxmint 19

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Frequently asked questions ( 5 )

Q

What are the dependency package of Webmin?

A

Run the following command:
# apt install python apt-show-versions libapt-pkg-perl libauthen-pam-perl libio-pty-perl libnet-ssleay-perl

Q

What is Webmin?

A

Webmin is a free, open-source, modern, web-based control panel for any Linux or other UNIX like servers. Its simple interface allows its users to administer your server in an easy manner. When you use Webmin, you can change the settings of common packages in a breeze.

Q

How do I change my Webmin password if I can't log in?

A

Included with the Webmin distribution is a program called changepass.pl to solve precisely this problem. Assuming you have installed Webmin in /usr/libexec/webmin, you could change the password of the admin user to foo by running

Q

What effect will Webmin have on my existing configuration files?

A

Just installing Webmin will not cause any config file changes to be made. When you start to use it, only the config files related to the changes that you make in Webmin will be modified. For example, using the Apache Webserver module would not effect your Sendmail configuration.

Q

How do I install new modules?

A

Once you have downloaded a new module as a .wbm file, enter the Webmin Configuration module and click on the Webmin Modules button. Then use the form at the top of the page to install the module either from the local filesystem of the server Webmin is running on, or uploaded from the client your browser is on.

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