Kibitzr is a powerful command-line tool used for continuous monitoring of web pages, RSS/Atom feeds, and JSON APIs. It is an open-source project and supports YAML configuration files. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Kibitzr on Clear Linux Latest.
Before proceeding, you need to ensure that you have the following prerequisites:
First, update the Clear Linux system to ensure that you got the latest packages and security patches. Execute the following command for the system update:
sudo swupd update
The system will start updating its package repository, and if there are any updates available, they will be installed.
Kibitzr is written in Python and requires Python 2.7 or later. Therefore, we need to install Python and Pip on the Clear Linux system. You can install them using the built-in package manager using this command:
sudo swupd bundle-add python3-basic
This command installs Python 3 and Pip on the system.
We can use the Pip package installer to install Kibitzr with the following command:
pip install kibitzr
It will download and install the latest version of Kibitzr on the system.
To verify the Kibitzr installation, execute the following command:
kibitzr --version
If the installation is successful, it will output the current version of Kibitzr.
In this tutorial, we have learned how to install Kibitzr on Clear Linux Latest. Now you can continuously monitor your web pages, feeds, and APIs without any hassle.
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