How to Install Readflow on EndeavourOS Latest

Introduction

Readflow is a self-hosted RSS feed and read-it-later solution that is easy to use and highly customizable. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Readflow on your EndeavourOS Latest OS.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with this tutorial, make sure you have the following set up on your system:

  • A server or VPS running EndeavourOS Latest
  • A non-root user with sudo privileges
  • A working installation of a webserver (e.g. Apache or Nginx)
  • A working installation of PHP (version 7.4 or above)
  • A MySQL/MariaDB database management system.

Step 1: Install Required System Packages

To get started, you need to make sure that some basic system packages are installed on your system. Run the following commands to install them:

sudo pacman -S git python python-pip python-setuptools python-wheel python-virtualenv python-lxml python-mysqlclient python-psycopg2 python-cffi

Step 2: Clone the Latest Readflow repository

Next, you need to clone the latest Readflow repository from GitHub using the following command:

git clone https://github.com/Alkarex/readflow.git

This will create a new directory called "readflow" in your current working directory.

Step 3: Install Dependencies

Move into the "readflow" directory and use pip to install the required dependencies for Readflow.

cd readflow
pip install -r requirements.txt

Step 4: Configure the Readflow Application

Next, you need to configure the Readflow application by creating the .env file in the root directory.

cp .env.example .env

Now open the .env file using your favorite text editor and modify the following parameters:

# Database connection info
DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=readflow
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=

# Base URL of the website
APP_URL=http://localhost:8000

Note: Replace the example values with your actual database information.

Step 5: Set Up Database

Create a new MySQL/MariaDB database named "readflow".

mysql -u root -p

CREATE DATABASE readflow;
exit

Now, run the following command to create the database table and schema:

python manage.py migrate

Step 6: Create a Superuser

Create a super user account to access the admin panel.

python manage.py createsuperuser

Follow the instructions to create the account.

Step 7: Run the Application

Finally, run the following command to start the application server.

python manage.py runserver

This will start the Readflow application on your local machine on port 8000. You can now access the application by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost:8000/.

If you want to run the application in a production environment, configure your web server to run the readflow.wsgi script located inside the readflow directory.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you have learned how to install Readflow on your EndeavourOS Latest machine. Now you can create your custom RSS feeds and read-later queues with Readflow.