LibreNews is a news aggregator platform for independent media outlets. In this tutorial, we'll go through the steps to install LibreNews on Debian latest.
Before you start, you'll need:
The first step is to install the dependencies required by LibreNews. You can install them using the following command:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y curl git python3-pip python3-dev build-essential
This command will update your package manager and install the necessary packages.
To install LibreNews, you need to clone the repository from GitHub:
git clone https://github.com/LibreNews/librenews.git
Change to the LibreNews directory:
cd librenews
Install the required Python packages:
sudo pip3 install -r requirements.txt
Next, you need to configure LibreNews. Copy the example configuration file and edit it:
cp app/config.py.example app/config.py
nano app/config.py
Configure the following settings:
SECRET_KEY: A secret key for your application.SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI: The database URI for your application. You can use SQLite, MySQL or Postgres.CELERY_BROKER_URL: The URL for the message broker used by the Celery task queue. You can use Redis, RabbitMQ, or similar.Save and exit the file.
You need to initialize the database and create the required tables:
python3 manage.py db init
python3 manage.py db migrate
python3 manage.py db upgrade
You can run the application using the following command:
python3 main.py
This will start the application server at http://localhost:8000/.
That's it! You have successfully installed LibreNews on Debian latest. Now you can start adding news sources and articles to your aggregator platform.
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