Fess is an open-source search engine platform that allows users to search and index data from various sources. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Fess on MXLinux.
Before we start the installation process, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
The first step is to download the Fess installation package from the official website. Open your web browser and go to https://fess.codelibs.org/. Click on the "Download" button, which will take you to the download page. From there, select the latest version of Fess that matches your operating system.
Once the download is complete, navigate to the Downloads folder using the terminal.
cd ~/Downloads
Next, we need to extract the Fess installation package. To do this, use the following command:
tar -xvf fess-x.x.x.tar.gz
Replace "x.x.x" with the actual version number of Fess that you downloaded. For example:
tar -xvf fess-13.2.2.tar.gz
This command will extract the contents of the Fess package to a new directory.
To install Fess, navigate to the Fess directory using the terminal and run the following command:
sudo sh bin/install.sh
This command will start the installation process and guide you through a series of prompts. You will be asked to select a port number for Fess to run on and to provide some basic configuration information.
Once the installation is complete, start the Fess service:
sudo systemctl start fess
Verify that the service has started by checking its status:
sudo systemctl status fess
If the service is running, you should see output similar to the following:
● fess.service - Fess
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/fess.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Fri 2021-08-27 10:52:09 PDT; 7s ago
Main PID: 3692 (java)
Tasks: 34 (limit: 4719)
Memory: 1.6G
CGroup: /system.slice/fess.service
└─3692 /usr/bin/java -Djna.tmpdir=/var/lib/fess -Dfess.home=/usr/share/fess -Dfess.type=standard -Xms512m -Xmx2g -XX:-UseGCOverheadLimit -XX:-UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:ParallelGCThreads=4 -XX:SurvivorR…
Finally, open your web browser and go to http://localhost:port. Replace port with the port number you selected in Step 3. You should see the Fess web interface.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Fess on MXLinux Latest.
In this tutorial, we covered the steps required to install Fess on MXLinux Latest. Remember, Fess is a powerful tool that requires some configuration and tweaking to get the most out of it. However, once you're up and running, you'll have a powerful search engine at your fingertips.
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