How to Install RSS Monster on FreeBSD Latest

RSS Monster is an open-source software that enables you to aggregate, categorize, and browse news articles from multiple RSS feeds. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing RSS Monster on FreeBSD Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin with the installation process, make sure that you have the following requirements:

• A FreeBSD Latest distribution installed and running
• A root or a sudo user account with administrative privileges

Step 1: Install Node.js and NPM

The first step is to install Node.js and NPM on your FreeBSD machine. RSS Monster is a Node.js application, and it requires Node.js and NPM to run.

1. Connect to your FreeBSD machine using SSH or access the terminal.
2. Run the following command to install the Node.js and NPM packages:

pkg install node npm

3. Once the installation is complete, verify the installation by running the following commands:

node -v
npm -v

This will display the versions of the installed Node.js and NPM packages.

Step 2: Download and Install RSS Monster

Now that we have installed Node.js and NPM, the next step is to download and install RSS Monster.

1. Create a directory where you want to install RSS Monster. For example:

mkdir /usr/local/rssmonster

2. Change the current directory to the new directory using the following command:

cd /usr/local/rssmonster

3. Download the latest version of RSS Monster from the GitHub repository using the following command:

git clone https://github.com/pietheinstrengholt/rssmonster.git

4. Once the download is complete, run the following command to install the dependencies:

npm install

This will install all the required dependencies for RSS Monster.

5. Finally, start the RSS Monster using the following command:

npm start

6. You should now be able to access RSS Monster by opening a web browser and navigating to:

http://<your-server-IP-address>:3000

That's it! You have successfully installed RSS Monster on your FreeBSD Latest server.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install RSS Monster on FreeBSD Latest. RSS Monster is a powerful news aggregator tool that can help you keep up with the latest news articles and updates from multiple RSS feeds.

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