Kiwix-Serve is an open-source software that allows you to create a web server for offline content such as Wikipedia, TED Talks, or Project Gutenberg. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Kiwix-Serve on Manjaro.
Before proceeding with the installation of Kiwix-Serve, ensure your Manjaro system is up to date by running the following command:
sudo pacman -Syu
Go to the official Kiwix website kiwix-serve/">https://www.kiwix.org/en/downloads/kiwix-serve/ and download the latest Kiwix-Serve version for Linux. Choose the Linux version in .tar.gz format.
Once the download is complete, open your terminal and navigate to the directory where the packaged file was downloaded. Then, extract the Kiwix-Serve package with the following command:
tar -zxvf kiwix-serve_linux-x86_64.tar.gz
This command will extract the Kiwix-Serve files to a new directory named "kiwix-serve".
Before we start Kiwix-Serve, we need to install some dependencies. Run the following command to install dependencies:
sudo pacman -S jansson libmicrohttpd icu curl
Go to the Kiwix-Serve directory and start the server with the following command:
./kiwix-serve --port=8000 --library --verbose
This command will start Kiwix-Serve on port 8000 with the default library directory.
Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8000/. You should see the Kiwix-Serve homepage. You can also add your offline content to the library directory and access it using Kiwix-Serve.
Kiwix-Serve is a powerful way to access offline content. With this tutorial, you have successfully installed Kiwix-Serve on Manjaro. Now you can create your offline server and access offline content from anywhere.
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