Kiwix-serve is a free software that allows you to serve zim files over the HTTP protocol. Kali Linux is a popular Linux distribution used for penetration testing and digital forensics. In this tutorial, we'll learn how to install Kiwix-serve on Kali Linux Latest.
Open a terminal or command prompt on your Kali Linux machine
Run the following commands to update the package manager:
sudo apt update
Note: You may be prompted to enter your password.
Install the required dependencies for Kiwix-serve using the following command:
sudo apt install libcurl4-openssl-dev libfreetype6-dev libz-dev g++ make
Next, navigate to the Kiwix-serve download page and download the latest version of Kiwix-serve for Linux.
wget https://download.kiwix.org/release/kiwix-tools/kiwix-tools_linux-x86_64.tar.gz
Extract the downloaded file using the following command:
tar -xzvf kiwix-tools_linux-x86_64.tar.gz
Navigate to the extracted kiwix-tools directory
cd kiwix-tools-*/kiwix-tools/
Run the following command to install Kiwix-serve
sudo ./kiwix-serve --port=80 --library ~/library.xml /path/to/zim/file.zim &
Note: Replace the path/to/zim/file.zim with the actual path to your zim file.
Verify that Kiwix-serve is installed by opening your browser and navigating to http://127.0.0.1:80/
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Kiwix-serve on Kali Linux Latest. You can now serve zim files using Kiwix-serve.
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