Gigablast is an open-source web search engine that is written in C++ and is designed to index billions of web pages. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Gigablast on FreeBSD Latest.
Before starting with the installation of Gigablast, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:
The first step in installing Gigablast is to install the required dependencies that are necessary to build and run Gigablast. You can install them by running the following command:
sudo pkg install gcc git make cmake pcre curl
After installing the dependencies, you need to clone Gigablast repository from Github. You can do this by running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/gigablast/open-source-search-engine.git
Next, you need to navigate to the cloned repository directory, and build and install Gigablast. You can achieve this by running the following commands:
cd open-source-search-engine/
cmake .
make
sudo make install
These commands will build and install Gigablast on your FreeBSD server.
Once the installation is complete, you need to start the Gigablast search engine. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo /usr/local/bin/gigablast -d
This command will start the Gigablast search engine in daemon mode. You can now access the search engine by accessing http://localhost:port on your web browser.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Gigablast on FreeBSD Latest. You can now start using the search engine to index and search millions of web pages.
Note: For more information on how to use Gigablast, visit the official Gigablast documentation.
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