Simple Install-Package

[bueltge]

Hello @Kaishiyoku
would you prepare a package on the download site for a simpler installation, like download zip, upload on server with the requirements and run install about the frontend, without access to a console?

[Kaishiyoku]

Hello, yes, sure! :)

[bueltge]

Great. I mean it is helpful for simpler webspace without access to a terminal or similar, so upload and install, done.

[Kaishiyoku]

You're right and that would be a relatively simple enhancement for future releases. I will issue a new release this week, including an adjusted readme and a ZIP-Package for simple websites without SSH or Composer access.

[Kaishiyoku]

@bueltge I've begun working on that feature and while doing that I was wondering the following things:

• if the user doesn't have access to a shell I will need a fully-fletched installation wizard; that would be possible using a form and then overwriting the .env file but will leave that source code for users who install the app via SSH which doesn't feel right
• without access to the shell there obviously is no possibility to run Artisan commands and therefore fetching new articles is impossible without eg. a publicly available route; you could limit the access to localhost though
• is there really a need for such a thing? hosting can be very cheap nowadays with basic access to shell, cron, etc. some hosting providers offer a vServer for just 3€/month with full access to the server via SSH
• the only reason I see would be users without any knowledge of a unix-like OS but that also raises the question if someone shouldn't have at least some basic knowledge regarding eg. Ubuntu if the userswants to self-host this package? there always is the option to use https://crystal-rss.de bug I can totally understand that someone would prefer to have full control over their data

What do you think about it? Maybe I'm just thinking in the wrong direction. I still can offer a ZIP-package with pre-installed dependencies (Composer and NPM).

[bueltge]

Hello @Kaishiyoku
Your points are right, and the effort is not less, especially there you have no personal usage of them. But I think a lot of people have webspace, also with access to a shell. In my opinion, really often without the knowledge to use them. People have pain to use the shell, use for simple installer about the web browser. It is more on the case of the goal of your reader, ready for a bigger group of users, really simple start and requirements or no additional features, there you have the task to maintain that, enhance also the support.
I will try your solution later, because I search since Fever for an alternative reader for me. On my daily client, it is not possible to use a shell, because the client is always in a network that blog several services via proxy. So if I'm sitting on my private client, I will try them.