How To Install newsboat on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install newsboat on Kali Linux.

What is newsboat

newsboat is:

newsboat is an RSS/Atom feed reader for the text console. It supports OPML import/export, podcasts (via companion program podboat), and can serve as a client to various feed aggregators (TT-RSS, The Old Reader, Newsblur, FeedHQ, ownCloud/nextCloud News). Its interface draws inspiration from mutt and slrn.

Successor of newsbeuter.

There are three methods to install newsboat on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install newsboat Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install newsboat using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install newsboat

Install newsboat Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install newsboat using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install newsboat

Install newsboat Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install newsboat using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install newsboat

How To Uninstall newsboat on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the newsboat package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove newsboat

Uninstall newsboat And Its Dependencies

To uninstall newsboat and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove newsboat

Remove newsboat Configurations and Data

To remove newsboat configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge newsboat

Remove newsboat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove newsboat configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge newsboat

Dependencies

newsboat have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcurl3-gnutls
• libgcc-s1
• libjson-c5
• libncursesw6
• libsqlite3-0
• libstdc++6
• libstfl0
• libtinfo6
• libxml2

References

• newsboat website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install newsboat package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.