Installing Selfoss on Manjaro

Selfoss is a free and open-source web-based RSS reader. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps required to install Selfoss on Manjaro.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with this tutorial, you should have the following:

  • A Manjaro installation with a non-root user with sudo privileges.
  • Apache web server installed and configured. You can refer to this tutorial for installation and configuration instructions.

Step 1: Install PHP

Selfoss is written in PHP, so you need to install PHP and its dependencies on your Manjaro system. Run the following command:

sudo pacman -S php php-cgi php-gd php-sqlite php-intl

This command will install PHP and its required extensions.

Step 2: Download and Extract Selfoss

Download the latest version of Selfoss from the official website:

wget https://selfoss.aditu.de/selfoss.zip

Extract the downloaded zip file to the document root of your web server. In this tutorial, we will use the Apache web server, and the document root is /srv/http/.

sudo unzip selfoss.zip -d /srv/http/

Step 3: Configure Apache

Add the following lines to the /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file.

Alias /selfoss /srv/http/selfoss
<Directory /srv/http/selfoss>
    Require all granted
</Directory>

Then restart the Apache web server:

sudo systemctl restart httpd

Step 4: Configure Selfoss

Create a configuration file for Selfoss by copying the sample configuration file:

cp /srv/http/selfoss/config.ini-dist /srv/http/selfoss/config.ini

Open the configuration file in your favorite text editor and modify the following settings:

  • title: the title of your Selfoss instance.
  • base_url : the URL of your Selfoss instance (in our case, http://localhost/selfoss).
  • data_dir : the path to the data directory of Selfoss. By default, it is set to ./data.

Save and close the configuration file.

Step 5: Access Selfoss

Now that you have installed Selfoss and configured it, you can access it by opening your web browser and navigating to http://localhost/selfoss. From there, you can add RSS feeds and start reading your favorite news and blogs.

Conclusion

This tutorial showed you how to install Selfoss on Manjaro. Selfoss is an efficient and easy-to-use RSS reader that can help you stay up-to-date with the latest news and blog posts.