Wayback is a tool designed to create and manage archive copies of web pages. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Wayback on Elementary OS Latest.
Before proceeding with the installation of Wayback, make sure your system is updated and upgraded by running the following commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
To install Wayback on Elementary OS Latest, follow the steps below:
We need to make sure that our system has some necessary packages installed. To do so, execute the command below on your terminal:
sudo apt-get install build-essential zlib1g-dev openjdk-8-jdk ant git ruby
Next, clone the Wayback source code using the git command below:
git clone https://github.com/wabarc/wayback.git
Now, we're ready to build Wayback. Navigate to the downloaded Wayback directory by running the command below:
cd wayback
Then, build Wayback using the command below:
ant wayback
Note: This process may take some time to complete.
After successfully building Wayback, you can start it using the command below:
./wayback.sh start
You can now access Wayback in your web browser by visiting http://localhost:8080/wayback/ or the port you specified during the installation process.
In this tutorial, we have successfully installed Wayback on Elementary OS Latest. You can now start archiving web pages and managing your archive copies using Wayback.
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