RSSOwl is a feature-rich RSS feed reader written in Java. To install the latest release in Ubuntu 9.10, follow the instructions below:

RSSOwl 2.0.1 running in Ubuntu

  1. Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list:
    2. sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
  2. And add the following line:
    3. deb http://packages.rssowl.org/ubuntu karmic main
  3. Save the file (Ctrl+O), exit (Ctrl+X) and then add this repository’s key to the trusted keys:
    4. wget -q http://packages.rssowl.org/project/rene.moser.pubkey -O- | sudo apt-key add -
  4. Update the packages list:
    5. sudo apt-get update
  5. And install RSSOwl:
    6. sudo apt-get install rssowl
  6. This is it. To remove RSSOwl from your Ubuntu box use:
    7. sudo apt-get remove --purge rssowl

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