How to Install RSS2Email on POP! OS Latest

RSS2Email is an open-source tool that helps convert your RSS feeds into emails which allows you to stay up to date with your favorite websites, blogs, and news sites. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install RSS2Email on the latest version of POP! OS. You will need to use the terminal or command-line interface to install the application, so make sure you have it installed on your system.

Prerequisites

• POP! OS Latest
• Access to the terminal/command line

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Before we start installing RSS2Email, we need to make sure that we have all the dependencies installed. Run the following command to install the required packages:

sudo apt-get install python3 python3-pip libyaml-dev libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev lib32z1-dev libssl-dev

Step 2: Clone the Repository

The next step is to clone the RSS2Email repository from GitHub. To do this, run the following command:

git clone https://github.com/rss2email/rss2email.git

Step 3: Install RSS2Email

Navigate to the cloned repository and install RSS2Email using pip3 by running these commands:

cd rss2email/
sudo pip3 install -r requirements.txt
sudo python3 setup.py install

Step 4: Configure RSS2Email

Create a config.yml file to configure your RSS2Email installation. Here's an example configuration:

# your email address
email: [email protected]

# SMTP server
smtp:
  host: smtp.mailgun.org
  port: 587
  username: ''
  password: ''
  starttls: true
  timeout: 5

# feeds to fetch (can have multiple)
feeds:
  -
    url: https://example.com/feed
    name: Example
    time: 3600

Step 5: Run RSS2Email

Finally, run RSS2Email using the following command:

rss2email

That's it! You have successfully installed and configured RSS2Email on your POP! OS system. You can now receive regular email notifications of new content from your favorite websites.