Castopod is a free and open-source podcast hosting platform that allows you to easily publish, manage and promote your podcasts. It comes with a modern and user-friendly web interface that makes it easy to manage and customize your podcast feeds, episodes, and subscriptions. If you are a podcast enthusiast or creator, Castopod is a great platform to use.
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Castopod on Elementary OS Latest.
Before installing any new software, it's recommended to update your system's package list and upgrade all installed packages to their latest versions. To do this, you can run the following commands in your terminal:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y
The -y option automatically answers yes to all prompts that may appear during the upgrade process.
Castopod requires some dependencies to be installed on your system before it can be installed. You can install them by running the following command:
sudo apt install nginx curl gnupg2 -y
nginx is a web server that will be used to serve Castopod's web interface. curl is a command-line tool used to make http requests. gnupg2 is a cryptographic software used to verify the integrity of the Castopod package.
To install Castopod, we need to add the Castopod GPG key and repository to our system.
The first step is to download and import the Castopod GPG key, which is used to verify the integrity of the Castopod software package.
To do this, run the following command:
curl -sSL https://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x234A54F975427E72 | sudo apt-key add -
Next, add Castopod's repository to your system's list of sources using the following command:
echo "deb https://dl.bintray.com/castopod/debian /" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/castopod.list
Then, update your system's package cache to pick up the newly added repository.
sudo apt update
Now that Castopod's repository and GPG key have been added to our system, we can proceed to install Castopod. To do this, run the following command:
sudo apt install castopod
This command will install Castopod and its required dependencies on your system.
After installation, you can configure Castopod by editing the /etc/castopod/castopod.conf configuration file.
By default, Castopod is configured to use a SQLite database file located at /var/tmp/castopod.sqlite. If you want to use a different database or modify other settings, edit the castopod.conf file accordingly.
After making changes to the configuration, restart Castopod and nginx services.
sudo systemctl restart castopod
sudo systemctl reload nginx
Once you have completed the above steps, you can access the Castopod web interface using your web browser. Open your browser and navigate to http://localhost.
You should see the Castopod login page. Login using the default admin credentials admin and castopodadmin.
Congratulations! You have now successfully installed Castopod on your Elementary OS Latest system. You can now use Castopod to publish and manage your podcasts.
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