Tiny Tiny RSS is a free and open-source news feed aggregator and reader. It is a web-based application that allows users to read and organize their RSS feeds in one place. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Tiny Tiny RSS on Arch Linux.
Before you start, make sure your system is up-to-date using the following command:
sudo pacman -Syu
Tiny Tiny RSS runs on Apache and PHP. To install Apache and PHP, run the following command:
sudo pacman -S apache php php-apache
Tiny Tiny RSS uses a database to store the feed data. You can use any database that PHP supports, but for this tutorial, we will be using MariaDB.
To install MariaDB, run the following command:
sudo pacman -S mariadb
After installing MariaDB, you need to configure it. To start the MariaDB service, run the following command:
sudo systemctl start mariadb
Then, run the following command to secure your MariaDB installation:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
Follow the on-screen instructions to set a root password, remove anonymous users, disallow root login remotely, and remove the test database.
After securing MariaDB, you need to create a new database and user for Tiny Tiny RSS. Run the following commands to create a new database, user and grant privileges:
mysql -u root -p
MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE tt_rss_db;
MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE USER 'tt_rss_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';
MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON tt_rss_db.* TO 'tt_rss_user'@'localhost';
MariaDB [(none)]> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
MariaDB [(none)]> exit
Replace your_password with a strong password.
To install Tiny Tiny RSS, you need to clone its Git repository. To do that, run the following command:
sudo pacman -S git
cd /var/www/html
sudo git clone https://git.tt-rss.org/fox/tt-rss.git
After cloning the repository, create a new configuration file by copying the sample configuration file:
cd tt-rss/
cp config.php-dist config.php
Next, edit the configuration file:
sudo nano config.php
Find the following lines:
define('DB_TYPE', "pgsql");
define('DB_HOST', "localhost");
define('DB_USER', "fox");
define('DB_NAME', "fox");
define('DB_PASS', "fox");
And replace them with:
define('DB_TYPE', "mysql");
define('DB_HOST', "localhost");
define('DB_USER', "tt_rss_user");
define('DB_NAME', "tt_rss_db");
define('DB_PASS', "your_password");
Save and close the file.
To configure Apache, create a new virtual host configuration file for Tiny Tiny RSS:
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/extra/tt-rss.conf
Add the following lines to the file:
Alias /tt-rss /var/www/html/tt-rss/
<Directory /var/www/html/tt-rss>
Options FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
Require all granted
</Directory>
Save and close the file.
Next, enable the Apache rewrite module and restart the Apache service:
sudo sed -i 's,#LoadModule rewrite_module lib/httpd/modules/mod_rewrite.so,LoadModule rewrite_module lib/httpd/modules/mod_rewrite.so,g' /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
sudo systemctl restart httpd
Open your web browser and go to http://localhost/tt-rss/. You should see the Tiny Tiny RSS login page. Enter the default login credentials:
After logging in, it is recommended to change the admin password and configure the application according to your preferences.
Congratulations, you have now successfully installed Tiny Tiny RSS on Arch Linux.
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