I've been scouring hi an low for how to install webmin and after hours and hours of searching, I finally got it. This compilation breaks down how I did it....in the most simplistic way. I'm posting it for my reference later on and for your benefit......I hope it helps.


How to install Webmin 1.180 on Slackware 10.1

1. Obtain files

webmin-1.180.tar.gz (http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/w...n-1.180.tar.gz)
Net_SSLeay.pm-1.25.tar.gz (http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-modul...pm-1.25.tar.gz)
linuxmc2.wbt (http://www.technoinfotech.com/os/linuxmc2.wbt)

You can use the 'wget' command and save them to /tmp or another dir of your choice.

2. Install from CD (since that is where I have these files).

root@yourhost:/# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
root@yourhost:/# cd /mnt/cdrom
root@yourhost:/# cp * /tmp

3. Install Net_SSLeay.pm-1.25.tar.gz (SSL support for webmin):

root@yourhost:/tmp# tar zxvf Net_SSLeay.pm-1.25.tar.gz
root@yourhost:/tmp# cd Net_SSLeay.pm-1.25
root@yourhost:/tmp/Net_SSLeay.pm-1.25# make clean
(NOTE: The ‘make clean’ command didn’t do anything on my machine but I’ve read that it helps with some errors.)
root@yourhost:/tmp/Net_SSLeay.pm-1.25# perl Makefile.pl
root@yourhost:/tmp/Net_SSLeay.pm-1.25# make install

4. Install webmin-1.180.tar.gz:

(Courtesy of http://www.webmin.com)
Before downloading Webmin, you must already have Perl5 installed on your system. Perl is usually installed as /usr/local/bin/perl or /usr/bin/perl, and comes as part of most recent versions of Linux.

root@yourhost /tmp# gunzip webmin-1.180.tar.gz
root@yourhost /tmp# tar xf webmin-1.180.tar
root@yourhost /tmp# cd webmin-1.180
root@yourhost /tmp/webmin-1.180# ./setup.sh /usr/local/webmin

5. Setup a different Webmin theme (linuxmc2.wbt)

I don't care for the default theme that comes with webmin so I use the Linux management console 2.0 that can be found at http://www.technoinfotech.com/os/linuxmc2.wbt.

root@yourhost /tmp# mkdir /usr/local/webmin/themes
root@yourhost /tmp# cp /tmp/linuxmc2.wbt /usr/local/webmin/themes
--Once I log into Webmin, I go to themes and browse for 'linuxmc2.wbt'.
--Then I change it to the new theme from the languages and themes section.

Yur Done.

Here is some links that provide useful NFO:

http://www.linuxjunkies.org/adminstr...uide/book1.htm
http://www.webmin.com
http://www.linuxpackages.net
http://www.linuxquestions.org

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I installed webmin form a Slack Package on Linuxpakages.net. The install went well and I am pleased with how webmin works except for one problem. During installation the program informed me that it could not do SSL because SSLeay was missing from my system. I have tryed finding the correct module with no success. CPAN reports no object found by that name. I did db update. What is the name of the file to download and install to get this function working??

If you have webmin installed go to the SSL module and click on it. Webmin will offer to install SSLeay for you through CPAN if it isn't installed.