Podgrab is a command-line tool that allows you to download podcast episodes from various sources. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Podgrab on your Elementary OS Latest system.
Before you begin, you will need the following:
To install Podgrab, follow these steps:
Open a terminal window on your Elementary OS Latest system.
Enter the following command to install the required dependencies:
sudo apt-get install git build-essential libssl-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev
Clone the Podgrab repository from GitHub using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/akhilrex/podgrab.git
Navigate to the newly created podgrab directory using the cd command:
cd podgrab
Build and install Podgrab using the following command:
make install
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Podgrab on your Elementary OS Latest system.
To use Podgrab, follow these steps:
Open a terminal window on your Elementary OS Latest system.
Enter the following command to start downloading podcast episodes:
podgrab <RSS feed URL>
Replace <RSS feed URL> with the actual URL of the podcast RSS feed you want to download.
Podgrab will start downloading the episodes from the RSS feed and store them in the current directory.
You can use various options with Podgrab to specify the destination directory, filter episodes by date, and more. To learn more about the available options, enter the following command:
podgrab --help
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Podgrab on Elementary OS Latest and how to use it to download podcast episodes. Now you can easily keep up with your favorite podcasts from the command line.
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