How to Install RSS Fulltext Proxy on Alpine Linux Latest

In this tutorial, you will learn how to install RSS Fulltext Proxy on Alpine Linux using the latest release from GitHub.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, you should have the following:

• A computer running Alpine Linux

Step 1 - Install Dependencies

To install RSS Fulltext Proxy, you need to first ensure that the necessary dependencies are installed. Run the following command to install the dependencies:

sudo apk add --no-cache git build-base libstdc++ libxml2-dev libxslt-dev

Step 2 - Download and Install RSS Fulltext Proxy

1. Clone the RSS Fulltext Proxy repository from GitHub by running the following command:

   git clone https://github.com/Kombustor/rss-fulltext-proxy.git
   

2. Change into the rss-fulltext-proxy directory:

   cd rss-fulltext-proxy
   

3. Build and install the program by running:

   make all
   sudo make install
   

Step 3 - Configure RSS Fulltext Proxy

1. Create a directory to hold the configuration files:

   sudo mkdir /etc/rss-fulltext-proxy
   

2. Copy the example configuration file to the new directory:

   sudo cp examples/rss-fulltext-proxy.cfg /etc/rss-fulltext-proxy/
   

3. Edit the configuration file to fit your needs:

   sudo nano /etc/rss-fulltext-proxy/rss-fulltext-proxy.cfg
   

4. Save and close the configuration file.

Step 4 - Start the RSS Fulltext Proxy

1. Start the RSS Fulltext Proxy daemon by running the following command:

   sudo rss-fulltext-proxy -c /etc/rss-fulltext-proxy/rss-fulltext-proxy.cfg -d
   

   This will start the daemon in the background.

2. Verify that the daemon is running by checking the logs:

   tail -f /var/log/rss-fulltext-proxy.log
   

   You should see output indicating that the daemon has started successfully.

Conclusion

By following these steps, you have successfully installed RSS Fulltext Proxy on Alpine Linux using the latest release from GitHub. You can now use the RSS Fulltext Proxy to fetch full-text content from RSS feeds, and configure it as necessary to fit your needs.

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