Selfoss is a free, open-source web-based feed reader and aggregator that allows you to collect and organize your RSS feeds, Atom feeds, and social media activities in one place. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps of installing selfoss on EndeavourOS latest.
Before starting the installation process, please ensure that you have the following prerequisites:
First, we need to update the system packages to the latest versions. Open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo pacman -Syu
Enter the root password if prompted and wait for the update process to complete.
Selfoss requires PHP, a webserver, SQLite, and other dependencies to work correctly. Run the following command to install the required packages:
sudo pacman -S php php-fpm php-sqlite nginx sqlite
Enter Y and press Enter if prompted to confirm the installation.
Create and switch to the /usr/share/nginx/html directory:
cd /usr/share/nginx/html
Download the latest version of Selfoss using the following command:
sudo wget https://github.com/SSilence/selfoss/releases/download/2.18/selfoss-2.18.zip
Extract the downloaded zip file:
sudo unzip selfoss-2.18.zip -d selfoss
Change the ownership of the Selfoss directory to the webserver user:
sudo chown -R http:http selfoss
We will use Nginx as the webserver for Selfoss. Open the default Nginx configuration file in a text editor:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
Delete the contents of this file and paste the following configuration:
user http;
worker_processes auto;
error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;
pid /run/nginx.pid;
events {
worker_connections 1024;
}
http {
include mime.types;
index index.php index.html index.htm;
sendfile on;
default_type application/octet-stream;
server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
server_name localhost;
root /usr/share/nginx/html/selfoss;
location / {
index index.php;
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?q=$uri&$args;
}
location ~* \.(php)$ {
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
}
}
}
Save and close the file by pressing Ctrl + X, Y, and then Enter.
Edit the PHP-FPM configuration file:
sudo nano /etc/php/php-fpm.d/www.conf
Find the following lines:
;listen = /run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock
;listen.owner = http
;listen.group = http
Uncomment the lines and change the values to match the following:
listen = /run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock
listen.owner = http
listen.group = http
Save and close the file.
Start and enable PHP-FPM and Nginx services:
sudo systemctl start php-fpm nginx
sudo systemctl enable php-fpm nginx
Check the status of the services to ensure they are running correctly:
sudo systemctl status php-fpm nginx
You should see active (running) next to both services.
Open your web browser and go to http://localhost. You will see the Selfoss installation screen. Follow the instructions and enter the required information to complete the installation.
You have successfully installed Selfoss on EndeavourOS latest. You can now use it to aggregate and organize your feeds from various sources. Enjoy!
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