Feed2toot is a command-line tool that lets you publish RSS / Atom feeds to Mastodon accounts. This tutorial aims to guide you step-by-step through the installation process of Feed2toot on EndeavourOS latest.
Before we start installing Feed2toot, you need to have the following:
Git is a version control system we can use to pull source code from GitHub. In this step, we will install Git. Open up a terminal and run the following command:
sudo pacman -S git
Enter your user password when prompted and press ENTER to proceed.
Feed2toot is a Python script, so you need to install Python. Open your terminal and run the following command:
sudo pacman -S python
Enter your user password when prompted and press ENTER to proceed.
In this step, we will clone Feed2toot GitHub repository to our EndeavourOS system. We can do this by using the following Git command:
git clone https://github.com/chimo/feed2toot.git
You will see some output while Git downloads the project. Once complete, you will have a new directory called feed2toot in your current working directory.
Feed2toot needs some libraries to run successfully. We can install them using pip, which is the default package manager for Python. To install the required libraries, run the following command in your terminal:
sudo pacman -S python-pip
followed by:
pip install -r requirements.txt
Before we can use Feed2toot, we need to configure it. Create a new directory for your account's configuration, and copy the sample configuration file into it:
mkdir ~/.config/feed2toot/
cp feed2toot.cfg.sample ~/.config/feed2toot/
Open the feed2toot.cfg.sample file with the text editor of your choice:
nano ~/.config/feed2toot/feed2toot.cfg.sample
Make the necessary changes to the file, such as entering your Mastodon URL, access token, and the path to the RSS feed you wish to publish.
Save the changes and exit the text editor.
Once you've set your configuration, you can start using feed2toot. Open your terminal and run the following command:
./feed2toot.py
Feed2toot will read your configuration file and publish your chosen RSS feed to your Mastodon account.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Feed2toot on EndeavourOS Latest. You can now use feed2toot to publish your favorite RSS feeds to your Mastodon account.
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