The Wayback machine is an internet archive which allows internet users to go back in time and view old versions of websites. The tool is open source and can be installed on your own Linux machine.
In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Wayback on Manjaro.
Open your terminal and update the package manager by running the following command:
sudo pacman -Syu
Next, we need to install some dependencies that Wayback requires, such as 'maven' and 'Java Development Kit (JDK)'.
sudo pacman -S maven jdk-openjdk
Clone the Wayback repository from GitHub using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/wabarc/wayback.git
Navigate to the cloned directory:
cd wayback
Run the following command to build the WAR file:
mvn clean package
After successful execution of the above command, the WAR file is now located in wayback/webapp/target directory.
ls webapp/target/
Move the WAR file to the Tomcat webapps directory:
sudo mv webapp/target/*.war /var/lib/tomcat9/webapps/wayback.war
Now, start or restart the Tomcat service:
sudo systemctl restart tomcat9.service
Finally, verify that Wayback is running by going to the following URL:
http://localhost:8080/wayback/
The above URL should take you to the Wayback homepage.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Wayback on Manjaro. You can now use Wayback to view past versions of the websites that you visit.
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