Proper use of Composer

[NTT]

A client asked me to install SuiteCRM for him, and once installed SuiteCRM requires PHPMailer to be installed in order for e-mail to work.

That looks to be as simple as building composer (done), and running:

composer require phpmailer/phpmailer

When I do that as root composer throws a warning that I shouldn't do so, which I'm willing to heed. When I run as the user with sudo I get:

I'm new to composer and I'm missing something basic here. Searches on this suggest completely deleting the public_html folder as part of the installation and that seems like a silly level of effort top install a PHP component. I'm missing something basic.

How should I be approaching the installation of PHPMailer?

Thanks. Hope this is in the right place.

 

[factor]

Installing composer is here

Overview | Directadmin Docs

DirectAdmin Knowledge Base

docs.directadmin.com

To install composer:

/usr/local/directadmin/custombuild/build composer

You should most likely ask on their forum. However looks like you just need to configure the SMTP settings.

SuiteCRM

Email

Mail Accounts Overview Configuring email for SuiteCRM provides a wide range of features, including sending personal emails to contacts, automatic creation of cases, sending notifications for events using workflows and sending email marketing campaigns. This document explains the different types...

docs.suitecrm.com

Looks like it already installed

SuiteCRM/include/SugarPHPMailer.php at master · salesagility/SuiteCRM

SuiteCRM - Open source CRM for the world. Contribute to salesagility/SuiteCRM development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

 

[Erulezz]

First: never run Composer update/require as root: https://getcomposer.org/doc/faqs/how-to-install-untrusted-packages-safely.md

Run Composer from the user account, not root. Running it as root can also mess up your permissions.

Do you have a composer.json/.lock file in the root directory of your website? It seems based on the error that you don't have one. I don't know SuiteCRM and if it uses Composer. If SuiteCRM doesn't use Composer it makes no sense to install PHPMailer with composer

 

[xoox]

First: never run Composer update/require as root: https://getcomposer.org/doc/faqs/how-to-install-untrusted-packages-safely.md

Run Composer from the user account, not root. Running it as root can also mess up your permissions.

Do you have a composer.json/.lock file in the root directory of your website? It seems based on the error that you don't have one. I don't know SuiteCRM and if it uses Composer. If SuiteCRM doesn't use Composer it makes no sense to install PHPMailer with composer

how can i fix it

composer -V
Do not run Composer as root/super user! See https://getcomposer.org/root for details
Continue as root/super user [yes]?
Composer version 2.6.6 2023-12-08 18:32:26