Kriss Feed is a free and open-source self-hosted RSS reader that allows you to read and manage your RSS feeds comfortably. It’s a great alternative to commercial RSS readers like Feedly, Inoreader, and others. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Kriss Feed on Linux Mint Latest.
Before we begin, make sure your system is up to date and has basic development tools installed.
Kriss Feed requires Apache webserver to function properly. To install the Apache web server, open the terminal and type the following command:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install apache2
Once the installation is complete, start the Apache service by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start apache2
Kriss Feed is written in PHP, so you must have PHP and its required extensions installed on your system.
To install PHP and its required extensions, run the following command:
sudo apt install php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql php-curl php-dom php-mbstring php-xml php-tokenizer php-zip
Kriss Feed uses MySQL or MariaDB as its database backend. To install MySQL/MariaDB, run the following command:
sudo apt install mysql-server mysql-client
During the installation process, you will be prompted to set a root password for the database. After that, start the MySQL service by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start mysql
Go to the Kriss Feed GitHub page [https://github.com/tontof/kriss_feed] and download the latest stable release.
wget https://github.com/tontof/kriss_feed/archive/refs/tags/v1.7.1.tar.gz
Extract the downloaded archive:
tar xvzf v1.7.1.tar.gz
Move the extracted Kriss Feed files to the Apache web root directory:
sudo mv kriss_feed-1.7.1 /var/www/html/kriss_feed
Create a new MySQL database for Kriss Feed.
sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE krissfeed;
CREATE USER 'krissfeed'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'PASSWORD_HERE';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON krissfeed.* TO 'krissfeed'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit
Edit the Kriss Feed configuration file.
sudo nano /var/www/html/kriss_feed/config/config.simple.php
Change the values of the following variables:
$config['salt'] = 'YOUR_SALT_HERE';
$config['db_host'] = 'localhost';
$config['db_user'] = 'krissfeed';
$config['db_password'] = 'PASSWORD_HERE';
$config['db_name'] = 'krissfeed';
$config['site_url'] = 'http://localhost/kriss_feed';
$config['site_title'] = 'Your Site Title';
$config['items_per_page'] = 20;
Save the changes and exit the editor.
Launch a web browser and navigate to the following URL:
http://localhost/kriss_feed/install/install.php
Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.
Once the installation is complete, delete the Kriss Feed installation directory:
sudo rm -rf /var/www/html/kriss_feed/install/
To access Kriss Feed, go to the following URL in your web browser:
http://localhost/kriss_feed/
Login using the default username 'admin' and password 'admin'. You should change the password after logging in.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Kriss Feed on Linux Mint Latest.
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