RSS2Email is a tool that allows you to receive RSS feeds in your email inbox. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install RSS2Email on Manjaro Linux.
Before you begin, you need to make sure that you have the following installed:
To install RSS2Email on Manjaro, you need to install some required packages. Open your terminal and run the following command:
sudo pacman -S python-pip git
This command will install pip, the Python package manager, and Git, a version control system.
Next, you need to clone the RSS2Email repository from GitHub. Run the following command in the terminal:
git clone https://github.com/rss2email/rss2email.git
This will clone the RSS2Email repository to your local machine.
RSS2Email requires a virtual environment to be created. Open your terminal and navigate to the cloned repository.
cd rss2email
To create the virtual environment, run the following command:
python -m venv env
This command will create a virtual environment named env in the current directory.
To activate the virtual environment, run the following command in the terminal:
source env/bin/activate
This command will activate the virtual environment.
With the virtual environment activated, you can now install RSS2Email. Run the following command:
pip install -r requirements.txt
This command will install all the required dependencies.
Before you can use RSS2Email, you need to configure it. Copy the example configuration file using the following command:
cp config.example.ini config.ini
Edit the config.ini file according to your preferences. You need to specify your email credentials, the RSS feed URLs, and the frequency of updates.
[DEFAULT]
...
# Your email settings
email_to = your.email@example.com
email_from = rss2email@example.com
smtp_host = smtp.example.com
smtp_port = 587
smtp_username = your.email@example.com
smtp_password = your_email_password
# RSS feed URLs
feeds =
https://www.example.com/feed.xml
# Update frequency
update_interval = 3600
...
Save the changes to the config.ini file.
With RSS2Email installed and configured, you can now run it. Make sure that the virtual environment is activated and run the following command:
python rss2email.py
This command will start RSS2Email and fetch the RSS feed updates.
You have successfully installed and configured RSS2Email on Manjaro Linux. You can now receive RSS feed updates in your email inbox.
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