WriteFreely is a free and open-source publishing platform that allows users to create and publish their own blogs, articles, or journals. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install WriteFreely on the latest version of POP! OS.
Before we proceed with the installation, let's make sure that we have the following prerequisites:
It is always recommended to update the system before installing any packages. To do that, open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
It will update and upgrade all the system packages to the latest version.
We need to install some dependencies before installing the WriteFreely package. To do that, run the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt install -y sqlite3 libssl-dev git
These packages will install SQLite3, OpenSSL, and Git on our system.
##Step 3: Install Go
Since WriteFreely is written in Go, we need to install the Go programming language to run WriteFreely. To install Go, run the following command:
sudo apt-get install -y golang-go
##Step 4: Download and Compile WriteFreely
We can now download and compile the WriteFreely package. First, clone the WriteFreely repository from Github by running this command:
git clone https://github.com/writeas/writefreely
After cloning, navigate to the writefreely/cmd directory and compile the writefreely.go file using the go build command, as shown below:
cd writefreely/cmd
go build writefreely.go
This will create a binary file writefreely in the same directory.
##Step 5: Run WriteFreely
To run WriteFreely, we need to create a configuration file. We can use the -c flag to specify the location of the config file. For example:
./writefreely -c ./config.ini
Create the config file config.ini under the writefreely directory:
base-url = http://localhost:8080/
data = "/var/lib/writefreely/"
templates = "../templates/"
STATIC_ROOT = "/var/www/writefreely/static"
SITE_TITLE = "My Blog"
FEDERATED_TIMELINE = true
Change SITE_URL to the URL you want to use for your site, instead of localhost. Make sure the base-url is the same as the URL you will use to access your site.
Finally, we can run WriteFreely using the ./writefreely -c ./config.ini command. Now, we should be able to access our WriteFreely site by going to http://localhost:8080/ in any web browser.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed WriteFreely on POP! OS!
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