Installing Yacy on Clear Linux Latest

In this tutorial we'll go through the steps necessary to install Yacy, a free and decentralized search engine, on Clear Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we start, make sure you have the following:

• A running Clear Linux system
• Internet connection

Step 1 - Installing Required Packages

First, ensure that all necessary packages are installed, run the following command in a terminal:

sudo swupd bundle-add java-runtime
sudo swupd bundle-add dev-utils
sudo swupd bundle-add network-basic

Step 2 - Downloading Yacy

Next, navigate to the official Yacy website at https://yacy.net/en/index.html and download the latest version of Yacy as a ZIP package. Once downloaded, extract the contents of the ZIP file to a directory of your choosing.

wget https://yacy.net/release/yacy_v1.924_20190430_9000.tar.gz
tar xzf yacy_v1.924_20190430_9000.tar.gz

Step 3 - Starting Yacy

Now that Yacy has been downloaded and extracted, it's time to start the program. Navigate to the directory where the program was extracted to and run the following commands:

cd yacy_v<version_number>_<build_number>
./startYACY.sh

This will start Yacy on the default port of 8090.

Step 4 - Accessing Yacy

You can now access Yacy by opening your web browser and navigating to http://localhost:8090/portal.html. From here, you can configure Yacy and start searching the web.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we installed and set up Yacy, a decentralized search engine, on Clear Linux Latest. With Yacy, you can take control of your search experience and help make the web a more open and decentralized place.

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