How to Install LibreNews on macOS

LibreNews is a free and open-source news reader application that allows you to aggregate RSS and Atom feeds. It is available for macOS, Linux, and Windows. In this tutorial, we will cover the steps to install LibreNews on macOS.

Prerequisites

Before you start the installation process, make sure you have the following prerequisites on your macOS system:

• macOS 10.12 or later
• Homebrew package manager (If you don't have it, you can install it by running /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)" on your terminal.)

Installation Process

Follow the below steps to install LibreNews on macOS:

1. Open the Terminal app on your macOS system. You can do this by opening Spotlight search and typing "Terminal".

2. Update Homebrew to its latest version by running the following command in your terminal:

brew update

3. Once Homebrew is updated, you can install LibreNews by running the following command in your terminal:

brew install librenews

4. Homebrew will start downloading and installing the required packages for LibreNews. This process may take a few minutes.

5. Once the installation process is completed successfully, you can launch LibreNews by running the following command:

librenews

This will open the LibreNews application on your macOS system.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we walked through the steps to install LibreNews on macOS using the Homebrew package manager. With LibreNews installed, you can now start aggregating your favorite RSS and Atom feeds into a single location.

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