How To Install newsbeuter on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install newsbeuter on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is newsbeuter
newsbeuter is:
newsbeuter is an innovative RSS feed reader for the text console. It supports OPML import/exports, HTML rendering, podcast (podbeuter), offline reading, searching and storing articles to your filesystem, and many more features.
Its user interface is coherent, easy to use, and might look common to users of mutt and slrn.
There are three methods to install newsbeuter on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install newsbeuter Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install newsbeuter using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install newsbeuter
Install newsbeuter Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install newsbeuter using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install newsbeuter
Install newsbeuter 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install newsbeuter using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install newsbeuter
How To Uninstall newsbeuter on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the newsbeuter package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove newsbeuter
Uninstall newsbeuter And Its Dependencies
To uninstall newsbeuter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove newsbeuter
Remove newsbeuter Configurations and Data
To remove newsbeuter configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge newsbeuter
Remove newsbeuter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove newsbeuter configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge newsbeuter
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install newsbeuter package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
