Installing Yarr on FreeBSD Latest

Yarr is a simple RSS feed aggregator that can run on your own server. Here is a step-by-step tutorial on how to install Yarr on FreeBSD Latest.

Prerequisites

Before beginning, make sure that the following requirements are met:

• You have root access to the server where you want to install Yarr.
• You have installed Node.js on your server.

Step 1: Install Yarn

You need to install Yarn before you can install Yarr. To install Yarn, run the following command:

$ npm install -g yarn

Step 2: Clone the Yarr repository

Clone the Yarr repository from GitHub by running the following command:

$ git clone https://github.com/nkanaev/yarr.git

Step 3: Install dependencies

Change to the Yarr directory and run the following command to install the dependencies:

$ cd yarr/
$ yarn

Step 4: Configure Yarr

Copy the config.default.json file to config.json:

$ cp config.default.json config.json

You can then edit the config.json file to change the default settings.

Step 5: Build Yarr

You need to build Yarr before you can run it. Run the following command to build Yarr:

$ yarn build

Step 6: Start Yarr

To start Yarr, run the following command:

$ yarn start

Conclusion

That's it! You should now have Yarr up and running on your FreeBSD Latest server. You can access Yarr by visiting http://localhost:3000 in your web browser. If you want Yarr to be available to other machines on your network, you can change the IP address in the config.json file.

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