Selfoss is a free, open-source, web-based RSS reader and multiclient RSS aggregator. It allows the user to easily read news feeds, and share articles on various social media platforms. This tutorial guides you through the installation process of selfoss on Clear Linux latest.
Before embarking on the installation process, you need to have the following software installed on your system:
Selfoss is built using PHP language. Therefore, you need to install PHP environment and its extensions:
sudo swupd bundle-add php-basic
sudo swupd bundle-add php-cgi
sudo swupd bundle-add php-xml
sudo swupd bundle-add php-mbstring
sudo swupd bundle-add php-json
sudo swupd bundle-add php-pdo
sudo swupd bundle-add php-mysqlnd
Additionally, you may need an Apache server (optional) to run Selfoss
sudo swupd bundle-add httpd
Selfoss can be downloaded using wget command or by downloading the tar file from the official website https://selfoss.aditu.de:
cd /var/www/htdocs
sudo wget https://selfoss.aditu.de/selfoss-2.18.zip
sudo unzip selfoss-2.18.zip
sudo chown -R apache:apache selfoss #if Apache is installed
Selfoss requires a database for storing feeds, tags, and categories. In this tutorial, we use MySQL as our database engine. If you don't have MySQL installed, you can install it using the following command:
sudo swupd bundle-add mysql
sudo systemctl enable mysql-default
sudo systemctl start mysql-default
After installation, create a database and database user for selfoss:
mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE selfoss;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON selfoss.* TO 'selfoss'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Note: Replace 'password' with your preferred database password.
Rename the file config.inc.php-dist to config.inc.php, located in the root directory of the selfoss installation:
cd selfoss
sudo mv config.inc.php-dist config.inc.php
Next, edit the configuration file. Replace the following sections with the respective inputs:
define('BASE_URL', 'http://localhost/selfoss/');
define('DB_TYPE', 'mysql');
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DB_USER', 'selfoss');
define('DB_PASS', 'password');
define('DB_NAME', 'selfoss');
Remember to replace 'password' with your database password.
To start selfoss, navigate to http://localhost/selfoss on your browser. Follow the prompts to add feeds, and customize your feed reader.
In this tutorial, you have learned how to install selfoss on Clear Linux latest, configure it, and customize it. Enjoy reading your feeds on selfoss!
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