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Downloading The Arse
The latest version of The Arsse can be downloaded from our Web site. If installing an older release from our archives, the attachments named arsse-x.x.x.tar.gz should be used rather than those marked "Source Code".
Installation from source code is also possible, but the release packages are recommended.
Installation
In order for The Arsse to function correctly, its requirements must first be satisfied. The process of installing the required PHP extensions differs from one system to the next, but on Debian the following series of commands should do:
# Install PHP; this assumes the FastCGI process manager will be used
sudo apt install php-cli php-fpm
# Install the needed PHP extensions; php-curl is optional
sudo apt install php-intl php-json php-xml php-curl
# Install any one of the required database extensions
sudo apt install php-sqlite3 php-pgsql php-mysql
Then, it's a simple matter of unpacking the archive someplace (/usr/share/arsse is the recommended location on Debian systems, but it can be anywhere) and setting permissions:
# Unpack the archive
sudo tar -xzf arsse-x.x.x.tar.gz -C "/usr/share"
# Make the user running the Web server the owner of the files
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data "/usr/share/arsse"
# Ensure the owner can create files such as the SQLite database
sudo chmod o+rwX "/usr/share/arsse"
Next steps
If using a database other than SQLite, you will likely want to set it up before doing anything else.
In order for the various synchronization protocols to work, a Web server must be configured, and in order for The Arsse to serve users, those users must be created.
You may also want to review the config.defaults.php file included in the download package and create a configuration file, though The Arsse can function even without using a configuration file.
Finally, The Arsse's newsfeed refreshing service needs to be installed in order for news to actually be fetched from the Internet.