How to Install Wallabag on macOS

Wallabag is a self-hosted platform that allows you to save web pages and articles to read them later. In this tutorial, we'll guide you through the process of installing Wallabag on macOS.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure you have the following requirements:

  • A macOS Mojave or later version
  • Homebrew package manager installed on your system
  • PHP 7.3 or later
  • Apache 2.4 or later
  • MySQL 5.7 or later
  • Composer installed on your system

Step 1: Installing Apache web server

To install Apache, run the following command in your terminal:

brew install httpd

Once the installation is complete, start the web server by running:

sudo apachectl start

Step 2: Installing PHP

Next, we need to install PHP.

brew install php

After the installation is complete, you may need to configure your Apache web server to use PHP by editing your httpd.conf file. In your terminal, run the following command:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

Find the following line and uncomment it by removing the # sign:

#LoadModule php7_module libexec/apache2/libphp7.so

Save and close the file.

Step 3: Installing MySQL

MySQL is required for Wallabag to store its data.

brew install mysql

Once the installation is complete, start the database server by running:

sudo mysql.server start

Step 4: Installing Composer

Composer is a dependency manager for PHP and is necessary for installing Wallabag.

brew install composer

Step 5: Downloading Wallabag

Go to the Wallabag website and download the latest version of Wallabag.

Extract the downloaded zip file to your desired location.

Step 6: Configuring Wallabag

In your terminal, navigate to the Wallabag folder using the cd command.

Copy the .env.dist file to .env:

cp .env.dist .env

Edit the .env file and update the following values:

Replace user and password with your MySQL username and password.

Save and close the file.

Step 7: Installing Wallabag

In your terminal, install the dependencies by running:

composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader

Once the installation is complete, run:

php bin/console wallabag:install --env=prod --no-debug

Step 8: Starting Wallabag

Finally, start the web server by running:

php bin/console server:run

You can now access Wallabag by visiting http://localhost:8000 in your web browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have covered the steps needed to install Wallabag on macOS. You can now save web pages and articles to read them later on your self-hosted Wallabag platform. Happy reading!