Installing kiwix-serve on Alpine Linux Latest

Kiwix-serve is an open-source software that allows you to host ZIM files that can be accessed through the web. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install the Kiwix-serve on Alpine Linux Latest.

Note:

• We assume that you have root access to the Alpine Linux installation.
• Kiwix-serve requires a ZIM file to work, which you can download from their website.

Step 1: Update the package repository

To make sure we have the latest packages available for installation, we first need to update the package repository.

apk update

Step 2: Install required packages

The following dependencies need to be installed before we can proceed with installing Kiwix-serve on Alpine Linux.

apk add zlib-dev libgcc libstdc++ openssl-dev libxml2-dev icu-dev libressl-dev libbz2 libzmq

Step 3: Download and install Kiwix-serve

Next, we will download the Kiwix-serve package from their website and install it on Alpine Linux.

wget -O kiwix-serve.tar.bz2 https://download.kiwix.org/bin/kiwix-serve/3.1.3/kiwix-serve_linux-armv7l.tar.bz2
tar -xvjf kiwix-serve.tar.bz2
cd kiwix-serve
./kiwix-serve --library /path/to/your/zim/files --port 8000

Replace /path/to/your/zim/files with the actual directory where your ZIM files are located.

Step 4: Test Kiwix-serve

Finally, let's test if Kiwix-serve is running correctly. Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8000. If everything is set up correctly, you should see the Kiwix-serve homepage, and you can start browsing the content of your ZIM files.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Kiwix-serve on Alpine Linux Latest.

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