Installing Leed on Alpine Linux

Leed is an open source RSS reader that allows you to keep up with your favorite feeds in one place. In this tutorial, we will be installing Leed on Alpine Linux.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, please ensure that you have the following:

1. A server running Alpine Linux. This tutorial assumes that you have a fresh install of Alpine Linux.
2. A sudo user.

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

The first step is to install the required dependencies for Leed. We will be installing Apache, PHP and SQLite.

1. Open a terminal on your Alpine Linux machine.

2. Update the package manager to ensure we have the latest packages by running:

sudo apk update

3. Install Apache, PHP, and SQLite by running the following command:

sudo apk add apache2 php7 php7-apache2 sqlite

Step 2: Download Leed

1. Navigate to the directory where you want to install Leed:

cd /var/www/htdocs

2. Download the latest version of Leed from the repository:

sudo git clone https://github.com/LeedRSS/Leed.git

3. Change the permissions on the Leed directory to allow Apache to write to the database:

sudo chown -R apache:apache Leed

Step 3: Configure Apache

1. Start by opening Apache's default configuration file /etc/apache2/httpd.conf with your preferred text editor:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

2. Uncomment the following line to enable PHP support:

#LoadModule php7_module modules/libphp7.so

Change it to:

LoadModule php7_module modules/libphp7.so

3. Save the file and close the editor.

4. Restart Apache to enable the configuration changes:

sudo service apache2 restart

Step 4: Finish the Installation

1. Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost/Leed. You should see the Leed installation page.

2. Follow the installation wizard to create the administrator account, configure database settings and complete the installation.

3. Once the installation is complete, you will be redirected to the Leed login screen.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have installed Leed on Alpine Linux, configured Apache to enable PHP support, and completed the Leed installation. You can now log in and start using Leed to read and organize your favorite feeds.

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