How to Install Newspipe on MXLinux Latest

Introduction

Newspipe is a personal news aggregator that helps you to read articles from your favorite sources in one place. It can also fetch articles from websites, blogs, and RSS feeds, and it supports tagging, filtering, and searching for articles. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Newspipe on MXLinux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure that you have:

• A computer running MXLinux Latest
• Access to the terminal and commands

Step 1: Install Dependencies

The first step is to install the dependencies required to build and run Newspipe. You can do this by running the following command:

sudo apt-get install python3 python3-pip python3-venv python3-dev libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev zlib1g-dev libffi-dev libssl-dev

This will install all the necessary packages to run and build Newspipe.

Step 2: Clone Newspipe Repository

Next, you need to clone the Newspipe repository to your computer. You can do this by running the following command:

git clone https://git.sr.ht/~cedric/newspipe

This will download the source code of Newspipe.

Step 3: Create a Virtual Environment

It's a good practice to create a virtual environment to run the application smoothly. You can create a virtual environment by running the following command:

python3 -m venv ~/newspipeenv

This command will create a new directory named newspipeenv in your home directory.

Step 4: Activate the Virtual Environment

You need to activate the virtual environment to install and run Newspipe. You can do this by running the following command:

source ~/newspipeenv/bin/activate

This command activates the virtual environment, and all the commands you run will be executed in this environment.

Step 5: Install Newspipe Packages

In this step, you need to install the required packages for Newspipe. You can do this by navigating to the Newspipe directory and running the following command:

pip install -r requirements.txt

This command will install all the required packages for Newspipe.

Step 6: Set up the Database

Newspipe uses SQLite as its database, and you need to set up the database before you can start using it. You can do this by running the following command:

python manage.py migrate

This command will create the necessary tables and schema for the application

Step 7: Run Newspipe

Finally, you can run Newspipe by running the following command:

python manage.py runserver

This command runs the server, and you can access it by navigating to http://127.0.0.1:8000/ in your web browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install and set up Newspipe on MXLinux Latest. Now you can use it to read articles from your favorite sources in one place.

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