In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install RSS2Email on FreeBSD Latest. RSS2Email is a program that converts RSS feeds into email messages. This way, you can stay updated with your favorite blogs and websites without having to visit them every day.
Before starting, you need to have the following:
The first step is to install the necessary packages for RSS2Email to work. Open the terminal and enter the following command:
sudo pkg install py38-setuptools py38-feedparser py38-requests py38-pytz py38-lxml
This command installs the required Python packages for RSS2Email.
Next, you need to download the RSS2Email source code from its GitHub repository. You can do this with the following command:
git clone https://github.com/rss2email/rss2email.git
This command will clone the RSS2Email source code to your current working directory.
After downloading the RSS2Email source code, navigate to the rss2email directory and run the following command to install it:
sudo python setup.py install
This command will install RSS2Email on your system.
Now you need to create a configuration file for RSS2Email. You can do this by running the following command:
rss2email --setup
This command will guide you through the process of creating a configuration file. You will be prompted to enter the email address that you want to send the updates to, the password for the email account, and the sources that you want to subscribe to.
Finally, you can test RSS2Email by running the following command:
rss2email
This command will update your subscribed feeds and send any new articles to your email address.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured RSS2Email on FreeBSD Latest.
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