How to Install LibreNews on Ubuntu Server Latest

LibreNews is a self-hosted news aggregator, similar to Feedly or Inoreader, but with more privacy options. In this tutorial, we’ll walk through the process of installing LibreNews on Ubuntu Server Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we start, you should have the following:

• An Ubuntu Server Latest instance (at least version 18.04 or later)
• SSH access to the server
• Basic command line knowledge

Step 1: Update Packages

Login to your server via SSH and update the package repository by running:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

Step 2: Install Dependencies

LibreNews requires Apache, PHP, and SQLite. To install them, run the following command:

sudo apt install apache2 php libapache2-mod-php php-sqlite3

Step 3: Download and Extract LibreNews

Download the latest release of LibreNews from the official website. Run the following command to download the package:

wget https://github.com/librenews/librenews/releases/download/v0.10.0/librenews-v0.10.0.zip

Once the package is downloaded, extract the files to /var/www/html/ using the following command:

sudo unzip librenews-v0.10.0.zip -d /var/www/html/

Step 4: Configure Apache

The default Apache configuration might not work correctly with LibreNews. Here’s a configuration that works:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName yourdomain.com

    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/public
    <Directory /var/www/html/public>
        AllowOverride All
        Order Allow,Deny
        Allow from All
        RewriteEngine On
        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
        RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [PT,L]
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Replace yourdomain.com with your own domain name, and save the configuration file as librenews.conf in /etc/apache2/sites-available/. Enable the configuration with the following command:

sudo a2ensite librenews.conf

Restart Apache for changes to take effect:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 5: Set File Permissions

Set the required file permissions and ownership using the following command:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html

Step 6: Run the Installer

In your web browser, go to http://yourdomain.com/install and follow the installer instructions. Make sure the SQLite database path is set to /var/www/html/librenews.db and the import_opml directory is writable.

Once the installation is complete, you’ll see the login page at http://yourdomain.com/login.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we’ve shown how to install LibreNews on Ubuntu Server Latest. With LibreNews, you can create your own news reader and keep your feeds private. Happy reading!

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