How to Install Leed on Void Linux

Leed is a lightweight and simple RSS reader that allows you to read and organize your favorite news sources. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps of installing Leed on Void Linux using the command line.

Prerequisites

To install and use Leed on Void Linux, you need to have the following:

• A terminal window
• A user account with sudo or root privileges

Step 1: Update the package manager

Before installing any package, it's important to update the package manager to ensure you have the latest packages installed on your system. To update the package manager on Void Linux, run the following command:

sudo xbps-install -Su

Step 2: Install required packages

Leed requires PHP and some additional PHP modules to be installed. To install the required packages, run the following command:

sudo xbps-install php php-fpm php-gd php-mbstring php-pdo_mysql php-xml

Step 3: Download and extract Leed

Next, we need to download and extract the Leed package. To do this, run the following commands in your terminal:

sudo wget https://github.com/LeedRSS/Leed/archive/master.zip
sudo unzip master.zip -d /usr/share/
sudo mv /usr/share/Leed-master/ /usr/share/leed/
sudo chown -R http:http /usr/share/leed/

Step 4: Install and configure web server

Leed requires a web server to function. We will use Nginx as our web server. To install Nginx on Void Linux, run the following command:

sudo xbps-install nginx

After installing Nginx, we need to configure it to serve Leed. To do this, create a new configuration file using your preferred text editor:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/leed.conf

Add the following configuration to the file:

server {
        listen 80;
        server_name localhost;
        root /usr/share/leed;
        index index.php;

        location / {
                try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
        }

        location ~ \.php$ {
                fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
                fastcgi_index index.php;
                fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
                include fastcgi_params;
        }
}

Save and close the file.

Step 5: Start and enable Nginx and PHP-FPM

Next, we need to start and enable the Nginx and PHP-FPM services. To do this, run the following commands:

sudo ln -s /etc/sv/nginx /var/service/
sudo ln -s /etc/sv/php-fpm /var/service/
sudo sv start nginx
sudo sv start php-fpm
sudo sv enable nginx
sudo sv enable php-fpm

Step 6: Complete Leed installation

Finally, we need to complete the Leed installation by accessing it via our web browser.

Open your browser and navigate to: http://localhost/leed/

Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process. During the installation process, you will need to create a MySQL database and user.

Once the installation is complete, you can login to Leed by entering the username and password you provided during the installation process.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed Leed on Void Linux! You can now start using Leed to read and organize your favorite news sources.