In this tutorial, we will go over the steps to install Yarr, a simple RSS feed reader, on NixOS Latest.
To install Yarr on NixOS, we need to first clone the Yarr repository. Open up a terminal on your NixOS machine and type the following command:
git clone https://github.com/nkanaev/yarr
This will clone the Yarr repository onto your machine.
Before we can build and install Yarr, we need to install its dependencies. To do this, run the following command in your terminal:
nix-shell -p python3 python3Packages.pip -p postgresql
This will create a new shell environment with Python 3 and PostgreSQL installed.
Now that we have cloned the Yarr repository and installed its dependencies, we can build and install Yarr. Navigate to the Yarr directory and run the following command:
python3 setup.py install
This will install Yarr on your machine.
Yarr needs to be configured before it can be used. Navigate to the Yarr directory and create a new file called config.yaml. This file should contain your Yarr configuration, such as your database connection string and RSS feed URLs. Here is an example configuration:
database:
url: postgresql://username:password@localhost:5432/yarr
feeds:
- url: https://xkcd.com/rss.xml
- url: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/.rss
To run Yarr, simply run the following command in your terminal:
yarr
This will start the Yarr web server. You can then navigate to http://localhost:8080 in your web browser to view your RSS feeds.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Yarr on NixOS Latest.
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