Fess is an enterprise search server that is used to index and search for documents and web pages. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Fess on EndeavourOS.
Before installing any new package, it is a good practice to update your system to the latest version. You can do this by opening up a terminal and running the following command:
sudo pacman -Syu
Fess requires Java to run. To install the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) on EndeavourOS, you can run the following command:
sudo pacman -S jre-openjdk
You can download the latest version of Fess from the official website, https://fess.codelibs.org/. You will need to scroll down the page a bit until you see the "Download" section.
Once you are here, you will need to copy the link to the latest version of Fess. At the time of writing this tutorial, the latest version is 13.4.2. You can copy the link by right-clicking on the "ZIP" button and selecting "Copy Link Address".
Next, you will need to extract the downloaded Fess ZIP file. You can do this using the following command:
unzip fess-13.4.2.zip
Navigate to the extracted Fess directory:
cd fess-13.4.2/
And run the following script to install Fess:
./bin/install.sh
Once Fess is installed, you can start it using the following command:
./bin/fess -Dfess.dictionary.path=~/fess-dictionary
This command will start Fess and create a dictionary in your home directory. You can access Fess by opening up your web browser and navigating to http://localhost:8080.
And that's it! You have successfully installed Fess on EndeavourOS.
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