Install RSS Feed Reader on Ubuntu 16.10 and Ubuntu 16.04 Systems. RSS Guard is powerful RSS feed reader for Ubuntu Linux Systems. RSS Guard is simple, light and easy-to-use RSS/ATOM feed aggregator developed using Qt framework which supports online feed synchronization.
RSS (Rich Site Summary), also known as Really Simple Syndication is used to publish frequently updated information: blog entries, news headlines, audio, video. RSS uses a family of standard web feed formats to publish these info.
RSS Guard 3.3.5
RSS Guard 3.3.5 is the latest release of the RSS/ATOM Feed Reader for Ubuntu Systems. It has been released with the following features and fixes:
- Added: Qt “styles” are now configurable via settings and not hardcoded in “skin” files. Default “style” is now “Fusion” and can be changed to anything else in settings.
- Added: WebEngine is automatically replaced by simpler text component (for viewing messages) when not installed during RSS Guard compilation.
- Changed: Made some tweaks regarding bug #41. Number of new messages is now determined in feed downloader working thread too.
- Fixed: Problem with updating states of messages in Nextcloud. Remove and re-add your account to fix the problem!!
Install RSS/ATOM Feed Reader
Run the following commands in Terminal to install the latest release of the RSS/ATOM Feed Reader on Ubuntu Systems:
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu xenial-getdeb apps" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/getdeb.list'
wget -q -O- http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb-archive.key | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt update
sudo apt install rssguard
Once installed, open the RSS Feed Reader from Ubuntu Dash.
Uninstall RSS/ATOM Feed Reader
If you aren’t happy with the RSS Feed Reades, uninstall it via the following command:
sudo apt remove rssguard
sudo apt autoremove
sudo apt update