How To Install mythnews on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install mythnews on Ubuntu 22.04. mythnews is RSS feed news reader module for MythTV

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mythnews on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is mythnews

mythnews is:

MythNews will fetch RSS feeds for you to read.

There are three methods to install mythnews on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install mythnews Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mythnews

Install mythnews Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mythnews

Install mythnews 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 mythnews using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mythnews

How To Uninstall mythnews on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove mythnews

Uninstall mythnews And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mythnews and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mythnews

Remove mythnews Configurations and Data

To remove mythnews configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mythnews

Remove mythnews configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mythnews

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mythnews package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.