ArchiveBox is a powerful self-hosted web archiving tool that allows you to archive and preserve web pages for future reference. In this tutorial, we're going to show you how to install ArchiveBox on Elementary OS Latest.
Before you begin, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
To install the necessary dependencies, open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y git python3-pip python3-dev build-essential libffi-dev libssl-dev
Clone the ArchiveBox repository by running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/pirate/archivebox.git
This will create a new directory called "archivebox" in your current working directory. Navigate to this directory by running:
cd archivebox
Install ArchiveBox and its dependencies by running:
sudo pip3 install .
To start using ArchiveBox, run the following command:
archivebox init
This will prompt you to enter the URL of the page you want to archive. Once you enter the URL, ArchiveBox will start archiving the page and all of its assets.
To view your archived pages, run the following command:
archivebox server
Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8000 to access the ArchiveBox web interface.
That's it! You've successfully installed ArchiveBox on Elementary OS Latest. To learn more about ArchiveBox and its features, check out the official documentation at https://archivebox.io/docs/.
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