Feedmixer is an open-source RSS feed aggregator and reader that allows you to subscribe to, read, and organize your favorite RSS feeds in one place. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Feedmixer on Ubuntu Server latest version.
Before you start, make sure you have the following:
Feedmixer requires some packages to run. To install them, open a terminal window and execute the following command:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y git python3.8 python3.8-dev python3.8-venv libxml2-dev libxslt-dev libz-dev
Now you can download Feedmixer from Github. Navigate to any directory on your server where you have write permission and execute the following command:
git clone https://github.com/cristoper/feedmixer.git
This command will clone the Feedmixer repository to your current directory. Once the clone process completes, navigate to the project directory by executing:
cd feedmixer
A virtual environment is a Python environment that allows you to install and manage packages independently of the system Python installation. In this step, we will create a virtual environment for Feedmixer.
Execute the following command in the terminal:
python3.8 -m venv env
This command will create a virtual environment with the name env. Now you can activate the environment by executing the following command:
source env/bin/activate
After activating the virtual environment, your terminal prompt will change to (env)$. It indicates that you are working in the virtual environment.
With the virtual environment set up, you can now install the Python dependencies required by Feedmixer. You can install them using pip, the package installer for Python.
pip install -r requirements.txt
This command installs all the required packages for Feedmixer.
Once the installation completes successfully, you can run Feedmixer. Execute the following command in the terminal:
python3.8 manage.py runserver
This command will start the Feedmixer server, and you can access it by visiting http://localhost:8000/ in your web browser.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Feedmixer on Ubuntu Server latest version. Now you can use Feedmixer to read, organize, and subscribe to your favorite RSS feeds.
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