Stringer is a self-hosted RSS feed reader similar to Google Reader. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Stringer on MXLinux Latest.
Before we start, make sure that you have root access to your MXLinux machine.
First, we need to install some required dependencies. Open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libxml2-dev libxslt-dev libffi-dev libyaml-dev libgmp-dev libpq-dev postgresql postgresql-contrib
Stringer is written in Ruby, so we need to install Ruby on our system. Run the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt-get install ruby-full
Stringer requires Node.js and npm to run. In the terminal, run the following command to install Node.js and npm:
sudo apt-get install nodejs npm
Now that we have all the required dependencies installed, we can install Stringer. Run the following commands in the terminal:
git clone https://github.com/stringer-rss/stringer.git
cd stringer
gem install bundler
bundle install
This will download the Stringer source code from GitHub and install all the required Ruby gems.
Stringer uses PostgreSQL as its database backend. We need to create a new PostgreSQL user and database for Stringer. Run the following commands in the terminal:
sudo -u postgres createuser stringer
sudo -u postgres createdb stringer_db -O stringer
This will create a new PostgreSQL user named "stringer" and a new database named "stringer_db" owned by the "stringer" user.
Before we can run Stringer, we need to configure it. Run the following command in the terminal to copy the example configuration file:
cp .env.example .env
Open the .env file in a text editor and set the following variables:
DATABASE_URL=postgres://stringer:password@localhost/stringer_db
SECRET_KEY_BASE=$(openssl rand -hex 32)
Replace "password" with a strong password for the stringer user. The SECRET_KEY_BASE variable should be a randomly generated string.
Finally, we can run Stringer. Run the following command in the terminal:
rake db:migrate
rake db:seed
rails server
This will run the database migrations, seed the database with some initial data, and start the Stringer server.
Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:3000. You should see the Stringer login page.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Stringer on MXLinux Latest. You can now use Stringer to read RSS feeds and stay up-to-date with your favorite websites.
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