Kiwix-Serve is a software that allows you to serve ZIM files over the HTTP protocol. This tutorial provides the steps to install Kiwix-Serve on FreeBSD Latest using the command line.
Before you start with the installation process, it is important to make sure that your FreeBSD system is up-to-date using the following command:
sudo pkg update && sudo pkg upgrade
To install Kiwix-Serve, you need to install the development tools and libraries. In FreeBSD, you can install them using the following command:
sudo pkg install -y cmake make gcc
Kiwix-Serve requires the Boost library to work properly. You can install the Boost library using the following command:
sudo pkg install -y boost-all
You can download the latest version of Kiwix-Serve from the official website using the following command:
wget https://download.kiwix.org/release/kiwix-tools/kiwix-tools_linux-x86_64.tar.gz
After downloading the Kiwix-Serve archive, extract it using the following command:
tar -xzvf kiwix-tools_linux-x86_64.tar.gz
Now, navigate to the extracted directory:
cd kiwix-tools-5.2.0-linux-x86_64/
Compile and install Kiwix-Serve using the following command:
sudo cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local .
sudo make
sudo make install
After the installation process is complete, you can run Kiwix-Serve using the following command:
kiwix-serve --port=8000 --library=/path/to/zim/files/
You should replace /path/to/zim/files/ with the path to the directory containing the ZIM files you want to serve.
Once Kiwix-Serve is running, you can access it from any web browser using the following URL:
http://localhost:8000/
In this tutorial, we have provided you with step-by-step instructions to install Kiwix-Serve on FreeBSD Latest. By following these steps, you should now have Kiwix-Serve installed and ready to serve ZIM files over HTTP.
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