Liferea 1.3.3 Released with Webkits Intelligent Tracking Protection [PPA]

Liferea, a Linux Feed Reader, released version 1.3.3 a few days ago with many improvements. Here’s how to install it on Ubuntu 18.04 and Ubuntu 20.04.

Liferea 1.3.3 Release highlights:

• Implement support for Webkits intelligent tracking protection
• Ctrl + 0 Add hotkey to reset zoom
• Add debug print of SAX parser error
• CSS color updates if you change the theme without restarting
• Fixed view mode switch
• The default is https: // instead of http: //.
• Progress bar support when loading web pages
• Remove support for CDF channels
• Drop the PIE alias. Support for Atom 0.2 / 0.3
• Remove “blogChannel” support for RSS namespaces

Install Liferea 1.3.3 via PPA.

1.) Open a terminal from the application launcher and execute the command to add Unofficial PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/apps

Enter your password when prompted and press Enter to continue.

2.) Then check for updates and use the command to install the news reader.

sudo apt update

sudo apt install liferea

Alternatively, update the old package (if installed) through the Software Updater utility.

Uninstall:

Because the PPA contains many other applications,[ソフトウェアとアップデート]>[その他のソフトウェア]You can remove the PPA using or by running the following command:

sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/apps

Use the command to remove the feed reader if necessary.

sudo apt remove liferea