Installing NewsBlur on Linux Mint

NewsBlur is a popular RSS feed reader that allows users to read and aggregate content from different sources on the web. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install NewsBlur on Linux Mint.

Prerequisites

Before starting with the installation process, it is important to make sure that your system is up-to-date. You can do this by running the following two commands:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

Installing Dependencies

NewsBlur requires Python and pip packages to run. We will first install these dependencies.

1. First, install python and python-dev packages:

   sudo apt install python python-dev
   

2. Next, install pip:

   sudo apt install python-pip
   

3. Once pip is installed, upgrade it to the latest version:

   sudo pip install --upgrade pip
   

Installing NewsBlur

Now that we have installed the necessary dependencies, we can proceed with the installation of NewsBlur.

1. Clone the NewsBlur repository from GitHub:

   git clone https://github.com/samuelclay/NewsBlur.git
   

2. Change to the NewsBlur directory:

   cd NewsBlur
   

3. Install NewsBlur:

   sudo pip install -r requirements.txt
   

4. Once the installation is complete, start NewsBlur:

   python manage.py runserver
   

5. Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8000 to access NewsBlur.

That's it! You have successfully installed NewsBlur on your Linux Mint system.