How to Install Newspipe on Manjaro

Newspipe is a feed aggregator and reader that allows you to follow news from various sources in one place. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Newspipe on Manjaro in simple and easy-to-follow steps.

Prerequisites

Before we start with the installation process, you need to have the following:

• A Manjaro system with sudo privileges
• A stable internet connection

Installation

Follow the below steps to install Newspipe on your Manjaro system:

1. First, update your system's package list by running the command below:

sudo pacman -Syu

2. After updating the system, install the dependencies that are required to install Newspipe by running the command below:

sudo pacman -S python python-feedparser python-dateutil python-lxml python-pytz python-pillow python-tzlocal python-click python-sqlalchemy python-slugify python-passlib python-pytest-sugar python-mako

3. Now, install the git package using the following command:

sudo pacman -S git

4. Once the git package is installed, you can proceed to download the Newspipe source code using the git clone command as shown below:

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

5. Move to the Newspipe directory using the cd command:

cd newspipe

6. Now, create a virtual environment using the following command:

python -m venv venv

7. Activate the virtual environment:

source venv/bin/activate

8. Install Newspipe and its dependencies using the command below:

pip install -r requirements.txt

9. Once installation is complete, initialize the database using the following commands:

export FLASK_APP=newspipe
flask db init
flask db migrate
flask db upgrade

10. You can start the Newspipe server by running the command as shown below:

flask run --host=0.0.0.0

11. Finally, open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:5000/ to start using Newspipe.

Conclusion

In this article, we have shown you how to install Newspipe on Manjaro step-by-step. We hope this tutorial was informative and helpful. If you encounter any problems, please contact us for support.

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