How to Install Espial on Fedora CoreOS Latest

Espial is a simple, lightweight, and elegant RSS feed reader written in Rust. It is available on GitHub and can be installed on various operating systems. In this tutorial, we will guide you on installing Espial on Fedora CoreOS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you start with the installation process, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:

  • A running instance of Fedora CoreOS Latest.
  • A user account with sudo privileges.
  • An internet connection.

Step 1: Install Rust

Espial is written in Rust, so we need to install it first. Run the following command to install Rust on Fedora CoreOS:

$ sudo rpm-ostree install rust

This command will install Rust on your system.

Step 2: Install Required Packages

Espial requires some additional packages to function properly. Run the following command to install them:

$ sudo dnf install -y libsodium-devel sqlite-devel

This command will install the required packages on your system.

Step 3: Clone Espial

Now we will clone Espial from the GitHub repository. Run the following command to clone Espial:

$ git clone https://github.com/jonschoning/espial.git

This will clone Espial to the current directory.

Step 4: Build Espial

Once you have cloned Espial on your system, navigate to the root directory of the project using the following command:

$ cd espial

Now run the following command to build Espial:

$ cargo build --release

This command will build Espial and its dependencies. It may take some time to complete.

Step 5: Install Espial

After the build process is complete, run the following command to install Espial to your system:

$ sudo cp target/release/espial /usr/local/bin

This command will copy the Espial binary to the /usr/local/bin directory, making it available system-wide.

Step 6: Test Espial

You have successfully installed Espial on your Fedora CoreOS Latest system. Now run the following command to test it:

$ espial --help

This command will display the help section for Espial. You can run other commands as well to test Espial.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Espial on your Fedora CoreOS Latest system. You can now use it to read the RSS feeds of your favorite websites.