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KrISS Feed Is A Simple, Fast Feed Reader For Your Web Server

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://tontof.net/kriss/feed/">KrISS Feed</a> is a simple feed reader you can install on your web server.</b> Like <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/05/tiny-tiny-rss-ubuntu-ppa-google-reader.html" title="Tiny Tiny RSS Ubuntu PPA (Google Reader Alternative)">Tiny Tiny RSS</a>, this is a web application so you can access it from any computer or mobile device that has an Internet connection, using only a web browser.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/kriss-feed.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="KrISS feed" border="0" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfcGX7_-s39lVCK798qYjrQNZvkrvp1ms4gIGnpaDZPnWs4w7SY0v4TJB3QONd9Y90URNr-7DjSozB6dJ92U5DbPpplRjisSGeijd6UF6I65X52-mmol4cEn7ykYbW_LgvSX8Gm3J9cJc/s320/kriss-feed.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><b>KrISS Feed features</b>:<br /><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">fast and easy to install;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">doesn't require SQL / databases;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">highly customizable: change its look via CSS (12 styles are available to download from its website but you can also create your own styles), customize the menu, paging, etc.;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">public/protected/private visibility;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">the feeds can be updated using Javascript, Cron or manually;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">list or expanded view;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">keyboard shortcuts;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">OPML import/export;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">mobile support using responsive web design;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">easily share links with <a href="http://sebsauvage.net/wiki/doku.php?id=php:shaarli">Shaarli</a>;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">auto mark as read when going to next item;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">star items;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">order by newer or older items;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">show unread or all items;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">more! </li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/kriss-feed_2.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="KrISS Feed expanded" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/kriss-feed_2_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, version 8 (<a href="http://tontof.net/?2013/09/09/20/30/28-enfin-la-version-8">released</a> yesterday) has added plugins support, but there are no plugins available yet as far as I know.</div><br /><b>You can see an online KrISS Feed demo @ <a href="http://tontof.net/feed/">http://tontof.net/feed/</a></b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here are a few more screenshots with KrISS Feed using custom styles (available to download from its <a href="http://tontof.net/kriss/feed/#style">homepage</a>):</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/kriss-feed-style1.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="KrISS feed" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/kriss-feed-style1_thumb.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/kriss-feed-style2.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="KrISS feed" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/kriss-feed-style2_thumb.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/kriss-feed-style3.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="KrISS feed" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/kriss-feed-style3_thumb.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/kriss-feed-style4.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="KrISS feed" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/kriss-feed-style4_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install KrISS Feed</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Before proceeding, make sure your web server runs PHP 5.2 or newer. KrISS Feed requires php-xml, php-mbstring and php5-curl. In Ubuntu, the first two are included in the libapache2-mod-php5 package.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>1. Install the KrISS Feed dependencies in Ubuntu using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-php5 php5-curl</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2. Then, download and install KrISS Feed by using the commands below:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>wget https://raw.github.com/tontof/kriss_feed/master/index.php -O /tmp/index.php<br />sudo mkdir /var/www/kriss<br />sudo cp /tmp/index.php /var/www/kriss/<br />sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/kriss/</code></pre><br /><b>3.</b> Visit http://YOURSERVER/kriss (or http://localhost/kriss if you've installed it locally), enter the username and password desired for KrISS Feed and click "Install Kriss feed":<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_8mfDQ8C2WKGocwwi4QkYOE1mxP4jJ7eZ8gbVFu3H-oLuHvCbYE3uZk17qqZj7WZt7Fxnbo4StFE2vomBnRFEVgOJhvDFM8DAdn0D0KkcKubLUZF-qYvdljreM_1CjduF9zdej39pbFc/s1600/kriss-feed-install.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_8mfDQ8C2WKGocwwi4QkYOE1mxP4jJ7eZ8gbVFu3H-oLuHvCbYE3uZk17qqZj7WZt7Fxnbo4StFE2vomBnRFEVgOJhvDFM8DAdn0D0KkcKubLUZF-qYvdljreM_1CjduF9zdej39pbFc/s320/kriss-feed-install.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The web application should now be installed on your server.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The first time you login you'll be promted to import an OPML file (exported for instance from Google Reader) - if you don't want to do this for now, click Cancel. Later on you can import an OPML file ia the KrISS Feed configuration pane.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To get KrISS Feed to update the feeds automatically, click <i>Configuration</i> and search for the "Auto update with javascript" option. At the bottom of the configuration page you'll also find instructions on how to update your feeds using Cron.</div><br />If you want <b>to install new styles</b>, download them from <a href="http://tontof.net/kriss/feed/#style">HERE</a> and copy the user.css file to <i>/var/www/kriss/inc/</i><br /><br /><b>For more information, see the KrISS Feed <a href="http://tontof.net/kriss/feed/">homepage</a> and its <a href="https://github.com/tontof/kriss_feed">GitHub page</a>.</b>

KrISS Feed Is A Simple, Fast Feed Reader For Your Web Server

KrISS Feed is a simple feed reader you can install on your web server. Like Tiny Tiny RSS , this is a web application so you can access it...

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Tiny Tiny RSS 1.9 Available In PPA For Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 And 12.04

<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://tt-rss.org/redmine/projects/tt-rss/wiki">Tiny Tiny RSS</a> is an open source web-based RSS reader that you can install on a server and then access it from multiple computers/devices. Since it's self-hosted, you're in control of your data and don't have to worry that the service may be discontinued, like it happened with Google Reader (and almost happened with <a href="http://blog.theoldreader.com/">The Old Reader</a>).</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/tiny-tiny-rss-1.9.png"><img alt="Tiny Tiny RSS 1.9" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm0lKmBR9wktYAgdngXZTmVxeis3yvRjfObgAvm__YHFPzjHkBYdpfT6-zX4xFiMuu_kVjrm-a8CnG6t8Ra1xK6gLmW6vfAOUzcAU-tfIf68nXEFhyphenhyphenWaVPBvjYp5_UM-aBJvntgwBzDnY/s320/tiny-tiny-rss-1.9.pn" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">With a bit of a delay (sorry!), the latest <b>Tiny Tiny RSS 1.9 is now available in our PPA for Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 and 12.04, backported from Ubuntu 13.10</b>. This release comes with <b>new icons, a new plugin which adds a feed for all articles shared by url, various parser bugfixes</b> and more.</div><br /><b>Tiny Tiny RSS 1.9 changes:</b><br /><ul><li>Minor bugfixes;</li><li>Various parser bugfixes;</li><li>Parser: support xml:base in atom feeds;</li><li>Parser: add support for libxml with problematic handling of character encodings (affects several NAS devices);</li><li>Fixed several bugs when migrating filters using OPML;</li><li>Minor performance improvements;</li><li>Added Korean translation;</li><li>Improved Russian translation;</li><li>Other translations updated;</li><li>Integrated Silk icons by Mark James;</li><li>Added plugin which adds a feed for all articles shared by url;</li><li>Allow unsharing and changing URLs for individual articles;</li><li>Floating title more consistent with the rest of the UI, enable floating title for expandable combined mode;</li><li>Licensed under GPL v3.</li></ul><br /><br /><h2>Install and configure Tiny Tiny RSS in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Because the installation / configuration process has quite a few steps, I won't post them here so for how to install Tiny Tiny RSS in Ubuntu, see our previous article: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/05/tiny-tiny-rss-ubuntu-ppa-google-reader.html">Tiny Tiny RSS Ubuntu PPA</a>.</div>

Tiny Tiny RSS 1.9 Available In PPA For Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 And 12.04

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Tiny Tiny RSS Ubuntu PPA (Google Reader Alternative)

<div style="text-align: justify;">A while back we wrote about <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/how-to-install-tiny-tiny-rss-in-ubuntu.html">installing and configuring Tiny Tiny RSS in Ubuntu</a>, a Google Reader (which will be closing in July) alternative that you can host on your computer / server, but the version available in the Ubuntu repositories is pretty old, so I've <b>uploaded the latest Tiny Tiny RSS version to a PPA, which should make it a lot easier to install in Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 or 12.04</b>.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-bhqIUxolFjNc__boCVgVEQhOrHx5MttYFlP-uap0Eq5EofqYrj__dBylqs2L6M7352ncnWQBHpsr0YF72Xskb23zmYvtOelg6rJ7JR7wf9boqGaqbbdA1gYWM1pFl_6Dcw0WxJ0KtoeV/s1600/tiny-tiny-rss-1.7.9.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Tiny Tiny RSS" border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-bhqIUxolFjNc__boCVgVEQhOrHx5MttYFlP-uap0Eq5EofqYrj__dBylqs2L6M7352ncnWQBHpsr0YF72Xskb23zmYvtOelg6rJ7JR7wf9boqGaqbbdA1gYWM1pFl_6Dcw0WxJ0KtoeV/s320/tiny-tiny-rss-1.7.9.png" title="Tiny Tiny RSS" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>At the time I'm writing this article, our PPA has Tiny Tiny RSS version 1.7.9</b>, while Ubuntu 13.04 has version 1.6.2. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Since version 1.6.2, there have been many changes</b>, like interface and typography improvements, error logging, new plugin system that includes plugins such as importing starred/shared.json files from Google Reader takeout or emulate Google Reader keyboard shortcuts and others, improved feed update speed, implemented basic password recovery and many other new features, tweaks and bug fixes.<br /><br /><a name='more'></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0YjPXrT2pupSXXv5YCwe24-pssTrLEdzpAJtV3DbjvalVIz5KCnuc-pl1shO4Fo7WniMmesAHgXTP8A-Sh_R53W77AUIn5gcXj8VxCDqW0jhCjbI0_Q-53m4tTF6zRHxXCfPb3jBTw8j8/s1600/tiny-tiny-rss-plugins.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0YjPXrT2pupSXXv5YCwe24-pssTrLEdzpAJtV3DbjvalVIz5KCnuc-pl1shO4Fo7WniMmesAHgXTP8A-Sh_R53W77AUIn5gcXj8VxCDqW0jhCjbI0_Q-53m4tTF6zRHxXCfPb3jBTw8j8/s320/tiny-tiny-rss-plugins.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plugins available in Tiny Tiny RSS 1.7.9</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><br /><h2>Install (and configure) the latest Tiny Tiny RSS in Ubuntu via PPA</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The PPA packages are the work of Sebastian Reichel, who is maintaining Tiny Tiny RSS for Debian. I've just tweaked the package to work with the latest Tiny Tiny RSS 1.7.9 (Debian has 1.7.8 for now) and uploaded it to the PPA.<br /><br /><b>Update: the PPA now provides Tiny Tiny RSS 1.9. </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><b>1.</b> Before proceeding with the Tiny Tiny RSS installation, let's install MySQL and Apache:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client apache2 libapache2-mod-php5</code></pre><br /><b>2. To add our Tiny Tiny RSS PPA and install the latest TT-RSS in Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 or 12.04, use the following commands in a terminal:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/tt-rss<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install tt-rss</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>If you're upgrading from an older Tiny Tiny RSS version</b> (I've tested it with Tiny Tiny RSS 1.6.2 from the Ubuntu repositories and then upgraded to the latest 1.7.9), <b>you'll be prompted to select some options:</b></div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">you'll need enter the full URL of you tt-rss installation (for instance "<i>http://localhost/tt-rss/</i>" for a local install);</li><li style="text-align: justify;">replace the configuration file: select to replace the original configuration file or else you'll get some errors (when you reach see "<i>config.php (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N]</i>" in the terminal, type "Y" (without the quotes), then press Enter);</li><li>perform upgrade on database for tt-rss : select "yes".</li></ul><br /><b>If this is a fresh installation, you'll be prompted to:</b><br /><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">choose the database type: select MySQL;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">choose the web server - select Apache2;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">you'll need enter the full URL of you tt-rss installation (for instance "<i>http://localhost/tt-rss/</i>" for a local install).</li></ul><br />If later on you want to reconfigure tt-rss, you can run the following command:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo dpkg-reconfigure tt-rss</code></pre><br /><b>3.</b> This shouldn't be required anymore since TT-RSS should do this automatically but just in case, run the following commands:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo ln -s ../conf-available/50-tt-rss.conf /etc/apache2/conf.d/<br />sudo service apache2 restart</code></pre>(if the first one fails, don't worry, it just means the symbolic link was already created by Tiny Tiny RSS).<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>4.</b> The next step is to enter your server address under <i>/etc/tt-rss/config.php</i> so open that file with a text editor as root - I'll use nano for the command below:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo nano /etc/tt-rss/config.php</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">and in this file, scroll down to "<i>define('SELF_URL_PATH', 'http://example.org/tt-rss/');</i>" and replace "<i>yourserver</i>" with your server address, or use "<i>localhost</i>" if you only plan on using it locally. Then save the file and exit (to save and exit in Nano text editor, press: CTRL + o, ENTER then CTRL + x).</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Update:</b> this step doesn't seem to be required any more since the initial config now writes the correct address in this file, but I'll leave it here just in case.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>5. </b>To get Tiny Tiny RSS to update the feeds, you need to edit the <i>/etc/default/tt-rss</i> file as root with a text editor - I'll use nano command line text editor in the command below:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo nano /etc/default/tt-rss</code></pre></div><div style="text-align: justify;">and in this file, change "DISABLED" from "1" to "0", then save the file and exit (to save an exit in Nano, press CTRL + o, ENTER then CTRL + x).</div><br />And finally, start the Tiny Tiny RSS service:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo service tt-rss start</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">You only need to run this command once, the tt-rss daemon should start automatically on each system startup.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>6.</b> Now navigate to your server address (which you've set up under step 3 - e.g.: <i>http://localhost/tt-rss/</i>) and use the following to log in:</div><ul><li>username: <b>admin</b></li><li>password: <b>password</b></li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then, change the password (!) and start importing your Google Reader feeds or add some feeds manually.</div>

Tiny Tiny RSS Ubuntu PPA (Google Reader Alternative)

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How To Install Tiny Tiny RSS In Ubuntu (Google Reader Alternative You Can Use On Your Server)

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Since Google will <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.ro/2013/03/a-second-spring-of-cleaning.html">close</a> Google Reader in July, many users are searching for alternatives and there are a ton of services out there, some really good, but I'm sure some of you prefer to use a feed reader you can install on your own server and <a href="http://tt-rss.org/">Tiny Tiny RSS</a> seems to be one of the best.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Tiny Tiny RSS is an open source web-based RSS reader that you can install on your server (ideally, but you can also install it on your desktop), that features an Ajax-powered interface, keyboard shortcuts, OPML import/export so you can easily import your Google Reader feeds, article sharing, supports mobile devices, can be extended through plugins and much more.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/tinytinyrss.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Tiny Tiny RSS" border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN7-EfMJy9D_L528ZoWd5waiASb-0C6wIVGltVk2EDYbB_zWQek4EcBDhrNfYc40D7tujWroAJhxje1GLtWNqWLAT_blYzoPa-Hnh-gU1NpmazkfirVLYptfpP72jpPOqq9ApXloMBFe6W/s320/tinytinyrss.png" title="Tiny Tiny RSS" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tiny Tiny RSS</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><a name='more'></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com//tinytinyrss-preferences.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Tiny Tiny RSS" border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5EhbImaFBY5WZn6QsuLBSlhR0wpOmVgztf-cnstm0TWf9diBQOZ5Y3VuJxSIDa8_lSzBWy6V1uTvk6hcBebT9bouxLKfINCk6ZOvGqxXuHPwLFsQ4A526aXxy9D3VW-oXHb-RNFwmO5bm/s320/tinytinyrss-preferences.png" title="Tiny Tiny RSS" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tiny Tiny RSS preferences</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Tiny Tiny RSS is available in the Ubuntu 12.10 and 13.04 repositories</b> (and you c<b>an use the 13.04 deb in Ubuntu 12.04</b> too - tested and working) so it's pretty easy to install, but it still <b>requires some configuration to get it running</b>. Read on!</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Other Google Reader alternatives that you can without having to install then locally</b> (though for Feedly, you need to install a Google Reader / Chrome extension), like Google Reader:</div><ul><li><a href="http://feedly.com/">Feedly</a></li><li><a href="http://www.newsblur.com/">NewsBlur</a></li><li><a href="http://theoldreader.com/">TheOldReader</a></li><li><a href="http://www.netvibes.com/en">Netvibes</a></li><li><a href="https://www.pulse.me/">Pulse</a></li></ul><br /><br /><br /><h2>How to install and set up Tiny Tiny RSS in Ubuntu</h2><br /><b>Update: to install the latest Tiny Tiny RSS in Ubuntu via PPA, see <a title="Tiny Tiny RSS Ubuntu PPA (Google Reader Alternative)" href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/05/tiny-tiny-rss-ubuntu-ppa-google-reader.html">THIS</a> article.</b><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Note: the instructions below should also work in Debian</b> since this article is heavily inspired by <a href="http://510x.se/notes/posts/Install_Tiny_Tiny_RSS_on_Debian/">THESE</a> instructions which are for Debian, but I've only tested them in Ubuntu!</div><br /><br /><b>1. Install Tiny Tiny RSS in Ubuntu. </b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Firstly, let's install Tiny Tiny RSS and MySQL (I've used MySQL but you can also use PostGreSql).</div><br /><b>To install mysql-server and mysql-client, use the following command:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client apache2 libapache2-mod-php5</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For Ubuntu 12.10 and 13.04</b>, install Tiny Tiny RSS using the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install tt-rss</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For Ubuntu 12.04</b>, we'll need to download and install the Tiny Tiny RSS deb from Ubuntu 13.04:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>cd && wget https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tt-rss/1.6.2+dfsg-2/+build/4195975/+files/tt-rss_1.6.2%2Bdfsg-2_all.deb<br />sudo dpkg -i tt-rss*.deb<br />sudo apt-get install -f</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then, follow the instructions. <b>When prompted, select "mysql" and "apache2"</b> for the web server.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If for some reason you want to run the initial configuration again, use the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo dpkg-reconfigure tt-rss</code></pre><br /><b>2. Setting up Tiny Tiny RSS.</b><br /><br />You need to edit<i> /etc/tt-rss/config.php</i> with a text editor as root, e.g.: nano:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo nano /etc/tt-rss/config.php</code></pre>- in this file, scroll down to "<i>define('SELF_URL_PATH', 'http://yourserver/tt-rss/');</i>" and replace "<i>yourserver</i>" with your server address, or use "<i>localhost</i>" if you only plan on using it locally. Then save the file and exit (press: CTRL + o, ENTER then CTRL + x).<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Next, let's link to the Apache rules and restart the Apache service (I believe that the Debian version of tt-rss - 1.7.8 -, that doesn't require this):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo ln -s ../conf-available/50-tt-rss.conf /etc/apache2/conf.d<br />sudo service apache2 restart</code></pre><br /><b>3. Getting Tiny Tiny RSS to update the feeds.</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">By default, Tiny Tiny RSS doesn't update the feeds. To get it to update the feeds automatically, we'll need to edit the <i>/etc/default/tt-rss</i> file as root with a text editor. Once again, we'll use nano:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo nano /etc/default/tt-rss</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And in this file, change "<i>DISABLED</i>" from "<i>1</i>" to "<i>0</i>", then save the file and exit (to save an exit in Nano, press CTRL + o, ENTER then CTRL + x).</div><br />And finally, start the Tiny Tiny RSS service:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo service tt-rss start</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">You only need to run this command once, the tt-rss daemon should start automatically on each system startup.</div><br /><br /><b>4. Finishing up the Tiny Tiny RSS configuration.</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Now navigate to <i><a href="http://localhost/tt-rss">http://localhost/tt-rss</a></i>, use "<b>admin" for the username</b> and <b>"password" for the password</b>, log in, make sure you change the default password and make any other changes you want.</div><br /><br /><b>5. Optional: import your Google Reader feeds into Tiny Tiny RSS.</b><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>- a.</b> Firstly export your Google Reader data from <a href="https://www.google.com/takeout/#custom:reader">HERE</a>. Once it finishes, download the archive and extract it. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>- b.</b> Now in the Tiny Tiny RSS Preferences, click on the "Feeds" tab:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/tinytinyrss-import-opml.png"><img alt="Tiny Tiny RSS opml import" src="http://img.netupd8.com/tinytinyrss-import-opml_thumb.png" /></a></div><br />... then click "Import and export" (this is how it shows up in the version available in the Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail repository but I believe it's a bit different for newer Tiny Tiny RSS versions), then click "Browse" under OPML, select the <i>subscriptions.xml</i> file you've extracted from the archive downloaded under step a, then click "Import my OPML" and you're done.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://510x.se/notes/posts/Install_Tiny_Tiny_RSS_on_Debian/">510x.se</a></i></div>

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