Kibitzr is a tool for monitoring websites and RSS/Atom feeds to track changes and get notifications. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Kibitzr on Arch Linux.
Before installing Kibitzr, it is important to update the system to the latest version. To do this, open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo pacman -Syu
Enter your password and wait for the system to update.
Kibitzr is written in Python, so we need to install Python and pip (Python package manager) to install Kibitzr. Run the following command to install them:
sudo pacman -S python python-pip
Open the terminal and run the following command to install Kibitzr:
pip install kibitzr
This command will install Kibitzr and all its dependencies.
To check if Kibitzr has been successfully installed, run the following command in the terminal:
kibitzr --version
This should print the version number of Kibitzr.
To use Kibitzr, you need to configure it. Create a file named kibitzr.yaml in your home directory and add the following configuration:
jobs:
- name: my_job
url: https://example.com
every:
minutes: 5
notify:
- command: notify-send
args: ["Kibitzr", "%output%"]
This configuration sets up a job that checks the website https://example.com every 5 minutes and sends a notification via notify-send (which is a command-line tool for sending desktop notifications) with the output.
You can add more jobs and customize the configuration as per your requirements. Refer to the official documentation for more details.
To run Kibitzr, open the terminal and run the following command:
kibitzr
Kibitzr will start running, and it will check the specified websites and RSS/Atom feeds periodically and notify you if there are any changes.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Kibitzr on Arch Linux.
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