ArchiveBox is a powerful self-hosted web archiving solution with a collection of customizable archivers for archiving web pages, RSS feeds, and other web content. It is free, open-source, and you can use it to archive all your bookmarks, browsing history, and other web content.
In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install ArchiveBox on Arch Linux.
To start the installation process, update and upgrade your system packages to ensure your system is up to date. Open your terminal and run the following command:
sudo pacman -Syu
After updating and upgrading the system packages, you need to install some of the required dependencies for ArchiveBox to work properly:
sudo pacman -S sqlite git python python-pip nodejs npm
ArchiveBox is available on the official GitHub repository. Clone the ArchiveBox source code from the GitHub repository using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/pirate/ArchiveBox.git
After cloning the ArchiveBox repository, navigate to the directory with the following command:
cd ArchiveBox
And install ArchiveBox dependencies with the following command:
pip install -r requirements.txt
Next, run the installation command to install ArchiveBox by executing the following command:
./setup.py install --user
And finally, initialize ArchiveBox's SQLite database:
archivebox init
Now that you have successfully installed ArchiveBox, you can start using it to archive your favorite websites. ArchiveBox provides a web interface for users that can be accessed by running the following command:
archivebox server
Once the server starts, you can access ArchiveBox web interface by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost:8000.
That’s it. You have successfully installed ArchiveBox on your Arch Linux machine. You can start archiving your favorite websites and content using ArchiveBox web interface. If you have any questions, feel free to ask in the comments section below.
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