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A script / program created using Python3 via web scraping using Requests module and BeautifulSoup.
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This program can be use to identify alternative software for Linux.
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This is a webscrape program via alternativeto website.
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Kudos to that site, it is very informative.
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Special Thanks to PyMoondra's Tutorial on how to make web scraping easy (please see link to his YT Channel).
There are two 2 ways to run this program, First is the old fashion way wherein you need to clone this repo then install the requirements.txt then run the main script which is :
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Then just remove the unnecessary files such as:
Install.sh , alt2_.py, change_log.txt, version.txt, img directory. (Just keep the parser.sh in case update is needed).
Another way is to install it to your machine via the process below :
The benefit of doing this is that you will be getting a notification if in case update is needed / available.
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After cloning go to the directory.
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If in case update is available.
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Just update it by going to the root path and run the parser.sh with sudo priviledge.
If permission error occurs you know the drill.
Sudo is the key or check permission via chmod.