Kiwix-serve is a software application that allows the user to serve Kiwix content over the internet. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Kiwix-serve on Fedora Server Latest.
Before starting the installation process, make sure that you have:
The first step to install Kiwix-serve on Fedora is to ensure that the system is up-to-date.
sudo dnf update -y
To get started with the installation, we need to install some dependencies.
sudo dnf install gcc gcc-c++ cmake make openssl-devel wget
Next, we need to download Kiwix-serve from the official website.
wget https://download.kiwix.org/release/kiwix-tools/kiwix-tools_linux-x86_64-3.1.2.tar.gz
After downloading the Kiwix-serve tarball, we need to extract its contents.
tar -xzvf kiwix-tools_linux-x86_64-3.1.2.tar.gz
Move to the Kiwix-serve directory using the below command:
cd kiwix-tools_linux-x86_64-3.1.2
Now it's time to install Kiwix-serve by running the following command:
sudo ./kiwix-serve --port=8000 --library=/path/to/your/kiwix/library
Replace "/path/to/your/kiwix/library" with the actual path to the location of the Kiwix library on your server.
Once the installation is complete, start the Kiwix-serve service.
sudo systemctl start kiwix-serve
To verify that Kiwix-serve is up and running, visit the following URL in your web browser:
http://localhost:8000
You should see the Kiwix-serve home page.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Kiwix-serve on Fedora Server Latest.
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