WriteFreely is a free and open-source blogging platform available on Linux and other operating systems. You can install WriteFreely on your Linux Mint system by following these steps:
You need to ensure that all system packages on your Linux Mint are up-to-date before proceeding with the installation of WriteFreely.
Run the following command:
sudo apt-get update
WriteFreely requires several packages to be installed on your system. You can install these packages by running the following command:
sudo apt-get install -y curl git make golang nginx
Once you have installed the required packages, you can now proceed to download the WriteFreely package from the official website. You can do this in several ways such as downloading the package directly from the website or cloning it from the GitHub repository.
Here, we will clone the package from the GitHub repository. Run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/writeas/writefreely.git
Once the cloning is complete, navigate to the writefreely directory by running:
cd writefreely
Next, compile the WriteFreely binary using the following command:
make
Finally, install WriteFreely by running:
sudo make install
To host WriteFreely, you need to configure a web server. Here, we will use Nginx as our web server. Start by creating an Nginx configuration file for WriteFreely:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/writefreely
Copy and paste the following configuration in the file:
server {
listen 80;
server_name your_domain.com;
location / {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
}
}
Change the your_domain.com to your domain name. Save and close the file.
Next, create a symbolic link to the configuration file in the sites-enabled directory. You can do this by running:
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/writefreely /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
Finally, restart the Nginx service by running:
sudo systemctl restart nginx
You have successfully installed WriteFreely on your Linux Mint system. To start the WriteFreely server, run the following command:
writefreely
This will start the server on http://127.0.0.1:8080.
You can now open your web browser and access WriteFreely by entering the IP address of your server or domain name in the address bar.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed WriteFreely on your Linux Mint system.
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