NewsBlur is a popular news reading and feed aggregation application that is capable of reading RSS, Atom, and RDF feeds. NetBSD is a free, open-source operating system that runs on a variety of platforms. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation of NewsBlur on NetBSD.
Before we install NewsBlur, we need to install some dependencies required by the application. To install the dependencies, run the following command:
sudo pkgin install -y py38-psycopg2 py38-lxml py38-pillow py38-psutil py38-django py38-openssl py38-vobject
Next, we need to download NewsBlur by cloning its Git repository into the desired directory. Run the following command to create a newsblur directory and clone the project into it:
mkdir -p ~/newsblur
cd ~/newsblur
git clone https://github.com/samuelclay/NewsBlur.git
NewsBlur requires a PostgreSQL database to store its data. First, install PostgreSQL using the following command:
sudo pkgin install -y postgresql95-server
Next, we need to initialize the database and start the PostgreSQL server. Run the following commands:
sudo /usr/pkg/bin/pgctl -D /usr/pkg/data/postgresql95/ initdb
sudo /usr/pkg/bin/pg_ctl -D /usr/pkg/data/postgresql95/ start
Finally, we need to create a new database and user for NewsBlur. Run the following commands:
sudo su - postgres
createuser -SDRP newsblur
createdb -O newsblur newsblur
To configure NewsBlur, we need to edit the local_settings.py file located in the NewsBlur directory. Run the following command to open the file in your preferred text editor:
nano ~/newsblur/NewsBlur/local_settings.py
Locate the DATABASES dictionary in the file and update the USER, PASSWORD, and NAME keys with the following values:
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
'NAME': 'newsblur',
'USER': 'newsblur',
'PASSWORD': '<your_postgresql_password_here>',
'HOST': 'localhost',
'PORT': '',
}
}
Replace <your_postgresql_password_here> with the password you set for the newsblur user when creating the database.
Now that we have set up the dependencies, the database, and configured NewsBlur, we can start the application. From the NewsBlur directory, run the following command:
python3.8 manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
This will start the NewsBlur server and listen for incoming requests on port 8000. To access NewsBlur, open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8000.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install NewsBlur on NetBSD. Now that you have successfully installed NewsBlur on your system, you can start aggregating news and feeds and customize your reading experience.
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