How To Install rss2email on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rss2email on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is rss2email
rss2email is:
rss2email is a simple program which you can run in your crontab. It watches RSS (or Atom) feeds and sends you a nicely formatted email message for each new item.
There are three methods to install rss2email 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 rss2email Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rss2email using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rss2email
Install rss2email Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rss2email using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rss2email
Install rss2email 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 rss2email using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rss2email
How To Uninstall rss2email on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the rss2email package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rss2email
Uninstall rss2email And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rss2email and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rss2email
Remove rss2email Configurations and Data
To remove rss2email configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rss2email
Remove rss2email configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rss2email configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rss2email
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rss2email package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
