Debian/Ubuntu: Setup Planet Venus To Combine Two Or More RSS Feeds

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Planet Venus is a software that allows you to combine multiple RSS feeds into a single feed. It can be used on Debian/Ubuntu systems to set up a custom feed aggregator.

Here is an example of how to install and set up Planet Venus on a Debian/Ubuntu system:

  1. Install Planet Venus:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install planet-venus
  1. Create a configuration file for Planet Venus:
sudo nano /etc/planet-venus.ini
  1. Add the following content to the configuration file, replacing the example URLs with the RSS feeds you want to include:
[planet]
name = My Feed Aggregator
link = http://example.com/

[cache]
directory = /var/cache/planet

[feeds]
http://feed1.com/rss
http://feed2.com/rss
http://feed3.com/rss

  1. Generate the combined feed using the following command:
sudo planet-venus
  1. You can access the combined feed at http://localhost:8080/planet.xml by default.

Note: The combined feed will only be updated when you run the planet-venus command. To automatically update the feed at a regular interval, you can set up a cron job or a system service to run the command. You can also customize the appearance of the feed by editing the HTML templates in /usr/share/planet-venus/templates/.

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