Run from Git

If you are on Linux and want to try out the latest version of gPodder, it is easy to do by cloning from Git. You only need Python, PyGObject3, Gtk3 and Git installed, all other dependencies can be installed into the Git checkout.

Do I need root, compile anything or install it system-wide?

As gPodder is written in Python, there is no need to compile anything or to install it into system directories (you do not need root). You can run it straight from a source checkout, this is also how gPodder’s developers run it.

Dependencies

• Git
• Python 3.7+
• Requests 2.24+
• Python D-Bus bindings or tools/fake-dbus-module/
• podcastparser
• mygpoclient

Gtk3 Dependencies

• Gtk 3.16+
• PyGObject 3.22+
• python bindings: gir1.2-gtk-3.0 python3-cairo python3-gi-cairo on Debian

Optional Dependencies

• html5lib
• mutagen
• yt-dlp

Instructions

git clone https://github.com/gpodder/gpodder.git
cd gpodder
# To install required and optional dependencies
# (not including git, python or gtk3 dependencies)
python3 -m pip install -r tools/requirements.txt         # as root
python3 -m pip install --user -r tools/requirements.txt  # as user
# Optional: Create desktop icon
python3 tools/create-desktop-icon.py

# Windows and Mac need the fake dbus module
export PYTHONPATH=./tools/fake-dbus-module/

# To directly launch from command line
bin/gpo                               # cli client
bin/gpodder                           # gtk3 client

Updating

cd gpodder
git pull