How to Install Wallabag on Kali Linux Latest

Introduction

Wallabag is a self-hosted Open Source alternative to popular online read-it-later services like Pocket or Instapaper. You can save articles from the internet and read them later, even if you don't have internet access. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Wallabag on Kali Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

  • Kali Linux latest version
  • Apache, MariaDB, and PHP installed on your Kali Linux machine
  • Basic knowledge of Linux commands

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Before installing Wallabag, we need to install some dependencies. Open a terminal and enter the following command to install the required packages:

sudo apt-get install php-xml php-mbstring php-gd php-curl php-zip

After installing these packages, restart the Apache web server:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 2: Download and Install Wallabag

  1. Download the latest version of Wallabag from the official website using the wget command:
wget https://wllbg.org/latest-stable -O wallabag.zip
  1. Extract the downloaded file using the following command:
sudo unzip wallabag.zip -d /var/www/html
  1. Rename the extracted folder to 'wallabag':
sudo mv /var/www/html/wallabag-release-2.4.4 /var/www/html/wallabag
  1. Change the owner and permissions of the 'wallabag' directory:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/wallabag
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/wallabag

Step 3: Configure Database

  1. Log in to MariaDB's command-line interface with the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
  1. Create a new database and user for Wallabag with the following commands:
CREATE DATABASE wallabag;
CREATE USER 'wallabaguser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wallabag.* TO 'wallabaguser'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
exit
  1. Update the Wallabag configuration file with the database details:
sudo nano /var/www/html/wallabag/app/config/parameters.yml

Update the following lines with your database details:

database_host: 127.0.0.1
database_port: null
database_name: wallabag
database_user: wallabaguser
database_password: password
  1. Save and close the file.

Step 4: Complete the Installation

  1. Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost/wallabag/web/config.php
  2. Follow the installation wizard and enter the necessary information.
  3. Once the installation is complete, remove the 'web/config.php' file for security reasons.
sudo rm /var/www/html/wallabag/web/config.php

Congratulations, you have successfully installed Wallabag on Kali Linux Latest!

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install Wallabag on Kali Linux Latest. We covered the installation of dependencies, how to download and install Wallabag, how to configure the database, and how to complete the installation process. Now, you can use your own self-hosted read-it-later service instead of relying on third-party providers.