How To Install QuiteRSS On Debian 8.3
To install QuiteRSS on Debian
QuiteRSS is an open-source RSS reader written on Qt and C++. The latest version of QuiteRSS has been released a recently along with fixes and improvements. It is simple and easy to install QuiteRSS. Let us learn the method to install QuiteRSS on Debian 8.3 through this article
Installing QuiteRSS
Before installing QuiteRSS, make sure that you have added the repository in the sources-list. Use the following command for the same purpose.
root@linuxhelp:~# nano /etc/apt/sources.list
Once it is added, edit the file by adding the following lines to its end.
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian jessie main
Once you are through it, press ctrl+x and Y to save and then press enter to exit the file.
Now update the the apt sources.list as follows.
root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update
Hit http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates InRelease
Ign http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie InRelease
Ign http://ftp.debian.org stable InRelease
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie Release.gpg
Hit http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main Sources
Hit http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib Sources
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie Release
Get:1 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex [6,916 B]
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib amd64 Packages
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie/main Translation-en
Hit http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib Translation-en
Get:2 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main Translation-en/DiffIndex [2,704 B]
Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable Release.gpg
Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable Release
Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable/contrib amd64 Packages
Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable/non-free amd64 Packages
Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable/contrib Translation-en
Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable/main Translation-en
Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable/non-free Translation-en
Fetched 9,620 B in 3s (2,986 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
After updating the apt sources.list, use the following command to install the QuiteRSS package.
root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install quiterss
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libphonon4 phonon phonon-backend-vlc vlc-plugin-pulse
Suggested packages:
phonon-backend-gstreamer phonon-backend-mplayer
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libphonon4 phonon phonon-backend-vlc quiterss vlc-plugin-pulse
0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/1,497 kB of archives.
After this operation, 5,904 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Preconfiguring packages ...
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Setting up quiterss (0.17.0+dfsg-1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-18+deb8u7) ...
Now that the installation is complete, use the Activities search bar to launch the application.
The QuiteRSS application appears on your screen.
Simple to install, isn' t it? It is also a handy RSS tool as it has abundant cool options. You can sort your RSS feeds as they are all displayed on right side pane, which you can group together in labels. You can open a feed by just clicking on an item, which in return opens the RSS feed on the lower panel. Also, it is capable of blocking ads. You can also view the news feeds in newspaper layout.
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