ReleaseBell is a notification service that sends email notifications when a new software update is available for your installed packages. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps of installing and setting up ReleaseBell on Void Linux.
Before starting the installation process, make sure that you have the following:
To be able to install ReleaseBell from the Void Linux package manager, we need to add the ReleaseBell repository to the package manager.
Open the terminal on your Void Linux system and enter the following command:
sudo xbps-install -S releasebell-repo
This will add the ReleaseBell repository to your package manager.
Now that we have added the ReleaseBell repository to the package manager, we can install the ReleaseBell package. To do this, enter the following command in the terminal:
sudo xbps-install releasebell
This will install ReleaseBell on your system.
After installing ReleaseBell, we need to configure it with our ReleaseBell API key. To do this, we will create a configuration file in the /etc/releasebell/ directory.
Open the terminal and enter the following command to create the configuration file:
sudo nano /etc/releasebell/releasebell.conf
In the configuration file, insert the following details:
api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
Replace "YOUR_API_KEY" with your unique ReleaseBell API key.
Save and close the configuration file by pressing Ctrl+X, then Y, and then Enter.
Finally, we need to start the ReleaseBell service. To do this, enter the following command in the terminal:
sudo systemctl enable --now releasebell
This will start the ReleaseBell service and enable it to start automatically at system boot.
In this tutorial, we have gone through the steps of installing and setting up ReleaseBell on Void Linux. With ReleaseBell, you can easily receive email notifications when new software updates are available for your installed packages.
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