Kiwix-serve is a lightweight HTTP server for serving ZIM files. ZIM files are offline web content that can be used to access Wikipedia, TED talks, StackExchange, and other content without the need for an internet connection. In this tutorial, we will go through the process of installing kiwix-serve on OpenSUSE Latest.
Before you begin the installation process, you need to make sure that your system meets the following prerequisites:
Kiwix-serve is part of the kiwix-tools package. Therefore, to install kiwix-serve, you need to first install kiwix-tools by running the following command:
sudo zypper install kiwix-tools
This command will download and install the kiwix-tools package along with any required dependencies.
To use kiwix-serve, you need to download the ZIM files that you want to serve. You can download ZIM files from the Kiwix website or from other sources. Once you have downloaded the ZIM files, store them in a separate directory.
To start kiwix-serve, run the following command:
kiwix-serve --port=8000 path/to/zim/files.zim
Replace "path/to/zim/files.zim" with the actual path to your ZIM file. This command will start kiwix-serve and serve the specified ZIM file on port 8000.
Open your web browser and type in the following URL:
http://localhost:8000/
This will launch the kiwix-serve webpage where you can access and browse the ZIM file that you have loaded.
Congratulations! You have now successfully installed and started kiwix-serve on OpenSUSE Latest. You can repeat step 3 with each ZIM file that you want to serve with kiwix-serve.
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