How To Install tweeper on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tweeper on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is tweeper
tweeper is:
tweeper is a web scraper which can be used to conveniently follow the public activity of social network users without the need to log in or even be subscribed to the social network; tweeper converts the public information to RSS so that it can be accessed and collected by a feed reader.
tweeper started as the TWitter fEEd scraPER but support for other web sites has been added.
The sites that tweeper is able to scrape and convert to RSS are:
- Twitter.com
- Pump.io based websites, like Identi.ca
- Dilbert.com
- Instagram.com
- Facebook.com (public pages)
tweeper can be used as:
- a command line tool;
- a filter for feed readers;
- a web based tool when used with a PHP-enabled web server.
There are three methods to install tweeper 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 tweeper Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tweeper using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tweeper
Install tweeper Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tweeper using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tweeper
Install tweeper 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 tweeper using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tweeper
How To Uninstall tweeper on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the tweeper package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tweeper
Uninstall tweeper And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tweeper and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tweeper
Remove tweeper Configurations and Data
To remove tweeper configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tweeper
Remove tweeper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tweeper configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tweeper
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tweeper package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
