Readflow is an open-source and self-hosted RSS reader with a focus on productivity. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Readflow on Arch Linux.
Before we install Readflow, make sure that your system is up-to-date:
sudo pacman -Syu
The first step is to install the prerequisites. We will install Apache, PHP, and MariaDB using the following command:
sudo pacman -S apache mariadb php php-apache php-gd php-intl php-json php-mbstring php-mysql php-xml
After installing these packages, start and enable Apache and MariaDB services:
sudo systemctl start httpd
sudo systemctl start mariadb
sudo systemctl enable httpd
sudo systemctl enable mariadb
Composer is a package manager for PHP. We need to install Composer to install Readflow.
sudo pacman -S composer
Log in to MariaDB as the root user:
sudo mysql -u root
Create a new database and a user for Readflow:
CREATE DATABASE readflow;
CREATE USER 'readflow'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password_here';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON readflow.* TO 'readflow'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;
Replace your_password_here with a secure password for the Readflow user.
Create a new directory for Readflow:
sudo mkdir -p /srv/http/readflow
Change the ownership of the Readflow directory:
sudo chown -R http:http /srv/http/readflow
Download the latest version of Readflow from its Github repository:
cd /srv/http/readflow/
sudo -u http git clone https://github.com/eduard44/readflow.git .
sudo -u http composer install --no-dev
Create a new virtual host configuration file for Readflow:
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/extra/readflow.conf
Add the following configuration:
Alias /readflow "/srv/http/readflow/web"
<Directory "/srv/http/readflow">
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
Save and close the file.
Enable the php and rewrite modules:
sudo ln -s /etc/httpd/conf/{extra/,}php7_module.conf
sudo ln -s /etc/httpd/conf/{extra/,}httpd-languages.conf
sudo a2enmod rewrite
Restart the Apache service:
sudo systemctl restart httpd
Readflow uses Redis to store the feeds and articles. Install Redis using the following command:
sudo pacman -S redis
Enable and start the Redis service:
sudo systemctl enable redis
sudo systemctl start redis
Edit the Redis configuration file:
sudo nano /etc/redis.conf
Add the following configuration at the bottom of the file:
maxmemory 512mb
maxmemory-policy allkeys-lru
Save and close the file.
Restart the Redis service to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl restart redis
Open your web browser and visit http://localhost/readflow. Follow the steps to complete the installation of Readflow.
After the installation, log in to Readflow using the admin credentials that you set during the installation.
In this tutorial, we have learned how to install Readflow on Arch Linux. You can now start using Readflow to manage and read your RSS feeds.
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