In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Yacy on POP! OS Latest using the commands in the terminal. Yacy is an open-source, decentralized search engine that allows anyone to crawl and index the internet.
Before we proceed, ensure that you have a command line that supports sudo access. Let’s get started.
Before installing any new software, it is always important to update and upgrade your system packages to ensure that everything on your system is up to date. Run the following command to do so:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
This command will update your system's package list and upgrade all installed packages to their latest version.
Yacy is built with Java, so you need to install it on your system before installing Yacy. Run the following command to install Java:
sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk
This will install the Java Development Kit (JDK) on your system.
To download Yacy, navigate to the official Yacy website using your preferred web browser at https://yacy.net/en/index.html. On the download page, scroll down until you see "Download the Yacy distribution," click on the download link that corresponds to the latest version of Yacy, which will be yacy_vX.XX_XX.deb.
Alternatively, you can download Yacy using the terminal by running the following command:
wget https://download.yacy.net/yacy_vX.XX_XX-all_i686.deb
To install the downloaded Yacy file, run:
sudo dpkg -i yacy_vX.XX_XX-all_i686.deb
sudo apt-get -f install
Where yacy_vX.XX_XX represents the name of the downloaded file.
To access the Yacy web interface, you need to configure the settings file. To do this, open the configuration file that follows:
sudo nano /etc/yacy/start_yacy.sh
After opening the file, copy the highlighted line below and paste it at the end of the file:
JAVA_OPTIONS="-Xmx2g -Xms128m -Djava.awt.headless=true -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Duser.home=/var/yacy -Djava.util.prefs.systemRoot=/var/yacy/preferences -Djava.util.prefs.userRoot=/var/yacy/preferences"
Press Ctrl+O then Enter to save the changes to the file, then press Ctrl+X to exit.
To start the Yacy search engine, run:
sudo /etc/init.d/yacy start
This command launches the Yacy search engine, and you should be able to access the Yacy web interface on your web browser at http://localhost:8090/.
In this tutorial, we have shown you the steps to install Yacy on POP! OS Latest. You can now explore this decentralized search engine and experience privacy in a new way. If you encounter any issues installing or using Yacy, feel free to ask your questions in the comment section below.
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