Installing Miniflux on macOS

Miniflux is a fast, minimalist and open-source feed reader compatible with RSS and Atom feeds. In this tutorial, we'll guide you through the installation process of Miniflux on macOS.

Prerequisites

• A macOS based computer (running on macOS 10.12 or later)
• A terminal application (like Terminal, iTerm2, etc.)
• Homebrew package manager (can be installed with the following command in Terminal: /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)")

Steps to install Miniflux

1. Open Terminal on your macOS computer.
2. Update the Homebrew package manager using the following command: brew update
3. Install the requirements for Miniflux by running the following command: brew install postgresql redis nginx
4. Start the PostgreSQL database server with the following command: brew services start postgresql
5. Create a new PostgreSQL user and database for Miniflux using the following commands:

sudo -u _postgres psql
CREATE USER miniflux WITH PASSWORD 'password';
CREATE DATABASE miniflux OWNER=miniflux;
\q

Note: Replace 'password' with a strong password of your choice.

6. Install Go language on your macOS computer using the following command: brew install go
7. Download the latest stable release of Miniflux from https://miniflux.app/docs/installation.html using the following command: wget https://github.com/miniflux/miniflux/releases/latest/download/miniflux-linux-amd64
8. Rename the downloaded file using the following command: mv miniflux-linux-amd64 miniflux
9. Make the file executable: chmod +x miniflux
10. Start the Miniflux server by running the following command: MINIFLUX_DATABASE_URL=postgres://miniflux:password@localhost/miniflux ./miniflux

Note: Replace 'password' with the password you chose in step 5.

11. Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8080. You should see the Miniflux login page.
12. Stop the Miniflux server and exit the terminal using the command: ctrl + C

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Miniflux on your macOS computer. You can now use this fast and minimalist feed reader to stay up-to-date with your favorite RSS and Atom feeds.

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