NewsBlur is a web-based news reader that helps you read your favorite news sources in one place. It is available as a free and open-source software that supports RSS feeds, Atom feeds, and also has a social aspect to it. In this tutorial, we will discuss the steps to install NewsBlur on Kali Linux Latest.
Before we begin, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
Open a terminal window or SSH client and update the system packages by running the following command:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Now, install some required packages needed to install NewsBlur:
sudo apt-get install git python python-setuptools python-dev python-pip
Clone the NewsBlur repository using git:
git clone git://github.com/samuelclay/NewsBlur.git
Now, navigate to the cloned directory and install the NewsBlur dependencies by running the following command:
cd NewsBlur
sudo python setup.py install
sudo pip install -r requirements.txt
Create a new user for NewsBlur by running the following command:
sudo useradd newsblur
Now, start NewsBlur using the following command:
sudo su newsblur -c "./newsblur start"
This command starts the NewsBlur process by switching to the newly created newsblur user.
Now, you can access NewsBlur on your browser by going to http://localhost:8000/ or http://127.0.0.1:8000/.
You should now have NewsBlur running on Kali Linux Latest. You can log in to NewsBlur and start adding your favorite news sources. Happy reading!
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