YaCy is distributed search engine software that allows users to build decentralized search engines. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install YaCy on MXLinux.
Open your terminal and run the following command to download the YaCy installation files:
$ wget https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=net/yacy/yacy_search_server/1.924/yacy_search_server-1.924_20200822_9961.tar.gz -O yacy_search_server.tar.gz
Once the file is downloaded, extract it using the following command:
$ tar zxpf yacy_search_server.tar.gz
This will create a yacy directory with all the necessary files.
Navigate to the yacy directory and start the YaCy server using the following commands:
$ cd yacy
$ ./startYACY.sh
The YaCy server will start and you will see the following message:
Started YaCy Search Server as daemon.
Open your web browser and go to http://localhost:8090/. This will open the YaCy search engine interface.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed YaCy on MXLinux. You can now start building your own decentralized search engine.
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