In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Wallabag, an open-source self-hosted read-it-later application, on Linux Mint. The installation process is straightforward and can be completed in a few simple steps.
Before installing Wallabag, you should have:
First, you need to download the latest version of Wallabag. You can download Wallabag using the following command:
wget https://www.wallabag.org/releases/wallabag-2.4.3.zip
Now, unzip the downloaded zip file:
unzip wallabag-2.4.3.zip
After unzipping the file, you will get a wallabag directory.
Next, move the unzipped wallabag directory to the web directory:
sudo mv wallabag /var/www/html/
Create a new virtual host configuration file in Apache for your Wallabag installation:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/wallabag.conf
Add the following lines in the configuration file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@example.com
ServerName example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/wallabag/web
<Directory /var/www/html/wallabag/web>
AllowOverride All
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from All
Require all granted
FallbackResource /index.php
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/wallabag_error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/wallabag_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file.
Now that the virtual host configuration is complete, you need to enable it using the following command:
sudo a2ensite wallabag.conf
Create a new database for Wallabag and a user for it:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Then, enter the following MySQL commands:
CREATE DATABASE wallabag;
CREATE USER 'wallabaguser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wallabag.* TO 'wallabaguser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Now, you need to install the dependencies for Wallabag:
cd /var/www/html/wallabag/
sudo apt install composer
sudo composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
Run the following command to install Wallabag:
sudo php bin/console wallabag:install
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process.
Wallabag uses Cron to update feeds and send emails. You need to configure a Cron job for Wallabag:
sudo crontab -e
Add the following line to the Cron file:
*/5 * * * * [ -x /usr/bin/php ] && /usr/bin/php /var/www/html/wallabag/bin/console wallabag:sync
Save and close the file.
Finally, restart the Apache server to apply the changes:
sudo service apache2 restart
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Wallabag on Linux Mint. After installation, you can access the Wallabag application by visiting your server's IP address or domain name.
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