=== Version 10/18/2026
== Do these steps as root unless otherwise noted

apt update
apt upgrade
apt install zip gcc g++ make p7zip-full mc

vi /etc/hostname        # Set your host name here
hostname -F /etc/hostname

== Set Timezone
timedatectl # show current zone
timedatectl list-timezones # List the available timezones
timedatectl set-timezone <zone>
       If using fremont server use this:
       timedatectl set-timezone America/Los_Angeles

# Use easy install script:
curl https://easyinstall.citadel.org/install | bash

apt install certbot

# Set up letsencrypt
HOSTNAME=mycitadel.example.com
certbot certonly --agree-tos --non-interactive --text --rsa-key-size 4096 \
	--email admin@${HOSTNAME} \
	--webroot --webroot-path /usr/local/webcit \
	--domains ${HOSTNAME}
ln -sfv /etc/letsencrypt/live/${HOSTNAME}/privkey.pem /usr/local/citadel/keys/citadel.key 
ln -sfv /etc/letsencrypt/live/${HOSTNAME}/fullchain.pem /usr/local/citadel/keys/citadel.cer

# Install spamassassin:
apt install spamassassin spamc
update-rc.d spamassassin enable

vi /etc/cron.daily/spamassassin
# Then Set:
CRON=1

service spamd restart

# Install ClamAV:  Note you need at least 2gb of RAM to be able to use this!
apt-get install clamav
apt-get install clamav-daemon

Add more locales:
dpkg-reconfigure locales
service webcit-http restart
service webcit-https restart

# Set up the (120x35) citadel menu image, then:
# Install our icon-setting script:
cd /root
wget https://citadelhosting.retro-os.live/InstallFiles/CitadelIcon.zip
unzip CitadelIcon.zip
rm CitadelIcon.zip
cd CitadelIcon
./citicon <your icon file>
# You will need to rerun this after every Citadel update