How To Install feed2omb on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install feed2omb on Debian 9.
What is feed2omb
feed2omb is:
feed2omb is a simple tool that takes input from Atom or RSS feeds and posts updates to the open microblogging service of your choice.
Features:
- Flexible processing of multiple feeds
- Various ways of forming the message from the feed content
- Ability to apply regular expressions to the message - RegEx
- Include links or not
- Support for various URL-shortening services - UrlShortening
- Auto-generation of hashtags from feed categories - HashTags
- Configurable rate limiting - FloodControl
- Support for sending to XMPP as well/instead - XMPP
There are three methods to install feed2omb on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install feed2omb Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install feed2omb using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install feed2omb
Install feed2omb Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install feed2omb using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install feed2omb
Install feed2omb Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install feed2omb using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install feed2omb
How To Uninstall feed2omb on Debian 9
To uninstall only the feed2omb package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove feed2omb
Uninstall feed2omb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall feed2omb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove feed2omb
Remove feed2omb Configurations and Data
To remove feed2omb configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge feed2omb
Remove feed2omb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove feed2omb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge feed2omb
Dependencies
feed2omb have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install feed2omb package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
