How To Install newsboat on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install newsboat on Ubuntu 22.04.
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 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 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 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 newsboat using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install newsboat
How To Uninstall newsboat on Ubuntu 22.04
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 Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove newsboat
Remove newsboat Configurations and Data
To remove newsboat configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install newsboat package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
