Installing Reader on Alpine Linux Latest

In this tutorial, we will go through the steps needed to install Reader on Alpine Linux latest version. Reader is an open-source RSS reader which can be installed using the following steps:

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure that the following conditions are met:

• You have a terminal window open on your Alpine Linux System.
• You are logged in as a root user or have sudo privileges.

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Reader requires several dependencies to be installed before it can be installed. To install these dependencies, run the following command:

apk add --no-cache --virtual .build-deps alpine-sdk sqlite-dev libxml2-dev libxslt-dev

Step 2: Download Reader code

After installing the dependencies, you need to download the code for Reader from Github. To do this, execute the following command in your terminal:

cd /opt
git clone https://github.com/lemon24/reader.git

Step 3: Build the project

Now that you have the code for Reader, the next step is to build the project. To do so, run the following commands:

cd reader
make dependencies
make run

Step 4: Access Reader

You should now have Reader up and running on your Alpine Linux system. Access it by opening your web browser and navigating to http://localhost:8080.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Reader on Alpine Linux and can now enjoy reading and managing RSS feeds.

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