Installing Bubo Reader on Alpine Linux

Bubo Reader is an RSS feed reader developed in JavaScript. It allows you to read and manage your RSS feeds in the command line. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Bubo Reader on Alpine Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

To install Bubo Reader on Alpine Linux, you will need:

• Access to a terminal window
• Administrative privileges

Step 1: Install Node.js

Bubo Reader is built with Node.js and requires it to run.

1. Open a terminal window.

2. Update the package list by running the following command:

   sudo apk update
   

3. Install Node.js by running the following command:

   sudo apk add nodejs
   

4. Verify that Node.js is installed by running the following command:

   node -v
   

   If Node.js is installed, the command will output its version number.

Step 2: Download and Install Bubo Reader

1. Open a web browser and navigate to the Bubo Reader GitHub repository at https://github.com/georgemandis/bubo-rss.

2. Download the latest release by clicking on the "Code" button and selecting "Download ZIP."

3. Extract the downloaded ZIP file.

4. Open a terminal window and navigate to the extracted directory using the cd command. For example:

   cd ~/Downloads/bubo-rss-master
   

5. Install Bubo Reader using the following command:

   npm install
   

6. Once the installation is complete, you can run Bubo Reader by using the following command:

   npm start
   

Step 3: Configuring Bubo Reader

Before you can start using Bubo Reader, you need to configure it to use your RSS feeds.

1. Open a text editor and create a file named feeds.json.

2. In the feeds.json file, add your RSS feed URLs in the following format:

   {
       "feeds": [
           "https://example.com/feed1.xml",
           "https://example.com/feed2.xml",
           "https://example.com/feed3.xml"
       ]
   }
   

   Replace the URLs with your own RSS feed URLs.

3. Save and close the feeds.json file.

4. Run Bubo Reader with the --config flag and the path to the feeds.json file:

   npm start -- --config ~/path/to/feeds.json
   

   Replace ~/path/to/feeds.json with the actual path to your feeds.json file.

Conclusion

Congratulations, you have successfully installed and configured Bubo Reader on Alpine Linux! You can now use it to manage and read your RSS feeds in the command line.

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