Installing feed2toot on Arch Linux

Step 1: Install dependencies

Before installing feed2toot, it is necessary to install the following dependencies:

• python
• pip
• python-setuptools

You can install python and python-setuptools directly from pacman:

sudo pacman -S python python-setuptools

For pip, you need to run the following command:

sudo easy_install pip

Step 2: Install feed2toot

Once all the dependencies are installed, you can install feed2toot using pip:

sudo pip install feed2toot

Alternatively, you can clone the source code directly from the official GitHub repository:

git clone https://github.com/DavidLibeau/feed2toot.git
cd feed2toot
sudo python setup.py install

Step 3: Configure feed2toot

To configure feed2toot, you need to create a configuration file config.ini in the ~/.config/feed2toot/ directory:

mkdir -p ~/.config/feed2toot/
nano ~/.config/feed2toot/config.ini

Here's an example configuration file:

[instances]
mastodon=https://mastodon.social

[users]
exampleuser=https://mastodon.social/@exampleuser

[feeds]
examplefeed=https://examplefeed.com/feed

In this example, we have:

• One Mastodon instance: mastodon.social
• One Mastodon user: @exampleuser@mastodon.social
• One RSS feed: https://examplefeed.com/feed

You can add as many instances, users, and feeds as you want to the configuration file. Make sure to replace the values with your own.

Step 4: Run feed2toot

Once you have configured feed2toot, you can run it using the following command:

feed2toot

This will fetch the latest items from all the feeds in your configuration file and post them to the Mastodon instances and users specified.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have covered how to install feed2toot on Arch Linux, configure it, and use it to post RSS feed items to Mastodon instances and users. feed2toot is a great tool for automating the sharing of content on Mastodon, and we hope this tutorial has been helpful.

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