How to Install Gigablast on Alpine Linux Latest?

Gigablast is an open-source and scalable web search engine. It is designed to index billions of web pages and provide quick search results. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Gigablast on Alpine Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we proceed, ensure that you have the following:

• A virtual machine or server running Alpine Linux Latest
• Root access to the server
• Basic knowledge of the command line interface

Step 1: Install required dependencies

Gigablast requires several dependencies to be installed on the server. We will start by installing the necessary dependencies for Gigablast.

Open a terminal window and execute the following command to update the package repository:

sudo apk update

Next, run the following command to install the required dependencies:

sudo apk add make gcc g++ openssl-dev icu-dev zlib-dev libbz2-dev readline-dev

Step 2: Install Gigablast

Now that we have installed the necessary dependencies, we can proceed to install Gigablast. Follow the below steps:

1. Download the latest version of Gigablast from the official website using the following command:

wget https://www.gigablast.com/gigablast.tar.gz

2. Extract the downloaded file using the following command:

tar xvzf gigablast.tar.gz

3. Change the working directory to the extracted folder using the following command:

cd gigablast-*

4. Compile and build Gigablast using the following command:

make

5. Install Gigablast on your server using the following command:

sudo make install

Step 3: Configure Gigablast

After installing Gigablast, we need to configure it accordingly. Follow the below steps to configure Gigablast:

1. Change the working directory to the Gigablast configuration folder using the following command:

cd /usr/local/gigablast/conf

2. Copy the default configuration file using the following command:

cp settings.default settings

3. Open the settings file using your preferred text editor:

vim settings

4. Edit the settings file to adjust Gigablast's configuration. For example, we can change the hostname and port configuration for Gigablast:

host=0.0.0.0
port=8000

5. Save and close the settings file.

Step 4: Start the Gigablast service

Finally, to start the Gigablast service, follow the below step:

1. Start the Gigablast service using the following command:

/usr/local/gigablast/bin/gigablast &

The & character at the end of the command runs the process in the background, allowing you to continue using the terminal. To stop the Gigablast service, run the following command:

sudo pkill gigablast

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have installed and configured Gigablast on Alpine Linux Latest. You can now search for content on your server using the newly-installed Gigablast search engine.

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