Fess is an open-source, enterprise-level search engine that can be used for data retrieval and analysis. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Fess on Arch Linux.
Before you begin, make sure that you have the following:
Fess is a Java-based application, so before we proceed with the Fess installation, we need to install Java on our machine.
To install Java on Arch Linux, run the following command:
sudo pacman -S jdk-openjdk
This will install the OpenJDK version of Java.
Fess requires Elasticsearch to function properly. So, let’s install Elasticsearch first.
Run the following command to install Elasticsearch:
sudo pacman -S elasticsearch
Start and enable the elasticsearch server:
sudo systemctl start elasticsearch
sudo systemctl enable elasticsearch
Now that we have installed Java and Elasticsearch, we can proceed with the Fess installation.
Head over to the Fess download page, and grab the latest version of Fess.
wget https://github.com/codelibs/fess/releases/download/fess-13.5.2/fess-13.5.2.zip
Extract the downloaded file:
unzip fess-*.zip
cd fess-*
Run the bin/install.sh script to install Fess:
sudo bin/install.sh
This script will install Fess in /usr/share/fess/ and configure everything for you.
To start Fess, run the following command:
sudo systemctl start fess
To make sure that Fess is running, check the status:
sudo systemctl status fess
If everything went well, you should see a message saying that Fess is active and running.
Open your browser and navigate to http://localhost:8080/. If everything went well, you should see the Fess web interface.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Fess on Arch Linux. You now have a fully functioning powerful search engine on Arch Linux!
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