How to Install Hindsight on Fedora CoreOS Latest

Hindsight is a command-line tool developed by Mozilla Services that allows you to query your Firefox browsing history using SQL-like syntax. If you are running Fedora CoreOS Latest and want to install and use Hindsight, this tutorial will guide you through the process.

Prerequisites

Before you start, you need to ensure that you have the following:

  • A machine running Fedora CoreOS Latest
  • A user account with sudo privileges

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Hindsight requires the following dependencies to run:

  • Python 3.6 or higher
  • SQLite3
  • pip

To install these dependencies, run the following command:

sudo dnf install python3 sqlite gcc libffi-devel python3-devel openssl-devel pip

Note: If your machine already has Python 3.6 or higher installed, you can skip it.

Step 2: Install Hindsight

To install Hindsight, you need to clone the Hindsight repository and install it using pip. Follow the steps below:

  1. Clone the Hindsight repository using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/mozilla-services/hindsight.git
  1. Change into the hindsight directory:
cd hindsight
  1. Install Hindsight using pip:
sudo pip3 install .

Step 3: Verify the Installation

To verify that Hindsight has been installed correctly, run the following command:

hindsight --version

This command should display the version number of Hindsight.

Step 4: Use Hindsight

Now that Hindsight has been installed, you can use it to query your Firefox browsing history. For example, the following command will display the URLs and visit times of all the websites you visited in the last 24 hours:

hindsight 'SELECT url, last_visit_date FROM moz_places WHERE last_visit_date IS NOT NULL AND last_visit_date >= strftime("%s", "now") - 86400 ORDER BY last_visit_date DESC;'

You can refer to the Hindsight documentation for more examples.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and used Hindsight on your Fedora CoreOS Latest machine.