In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install feed2toot on Fedora Server.
Before installing any package, we need to update the system to ensure that all packages are up to date. You can update the system by running the following command in your terminal:
sudo dnf update
Feed2toot requires several dependencies to be installed on Fedora Server. We will install these dependencies using the following command:
sudo dnf install python3-pip git
Now we can finally install feed2toot. To install feed2toot, we will use pip, the package installer for Python. Run the following command in your terminal to install feed2toot:
sudo pip3 install feed2toot
After the installation is complete, you can test feed2toot by running the following command:
feed2toot --version
This command will display the current version of feed2toot installed on your system.
Next, you need to configure feed2toot by creating a configuration file. You can create a new configuration file by running the following command:
feed2toot --configure
This will create a configuration file named config.ini in your home directory. You can edit this file to add your Mastodon credentials and configure the settings for feed2toot.
feed2toot needs to be run periodically to check for new updates and post them to Mastodon. To automate this process, we can set up a cron job to run feed2toot at regular intervals.
To set up a cron job, open your terminal and type the following command:
crontab -e
This command will open the cron table editor. You can add the following line to the editor to run feed2toot every 30 minutes:
*/30 * * * * /usr/bin/feed2toot -c /home/username/config.ini
Replace "username" with your Fedora Server username. This will run feed2toot every 30 minutes and post any new updates to Mastodon.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured feed2toot on your Fedora Server. You can now automate your Mastodon posts using your favorite RSS feeds.
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