Kiwix-Serve is a software that allows you to host ZIM files, which are compressed Wikipedia articles, and make them accessible through a web browser. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to install Kiwix-Serve on Void Linux.
Before you start, make sure that you have the following:
First, we need to install the Kiwix-Tools package. This package provides utilities to work with ZIM files, including Kiwix-Serve.
To install Kiwix-Tools on Void Linux, open a terminal and run the following command:
sudo xbps-install -S kiwix-tools
In order to host a ZIM file with Kiwix-Serve, we first need to download one. You can find ZIM files on the Kiwix website.
For this tutorial, we will download the English Wikipedia (Mini) ZIM file. You can download it from here: https://download.kiwix.org/zim/wikipedia_en_mini_latest.zim
Save the file to your desired location.
Once you have a ZIM file, it needs to be indexed before it can be used with Kiwix-Serve. To do this, run the following command in your terminal:
kiwix-index /path/to/your/file.zim
This may take a while, depending on the size of the file. Once it's finished, you should see a message saying that indexing was successful.
Now that the ZIM file is indexed, we can start Kiwix-Serve. To do this, run the following command:
kiwix-serve --port=8080 /path/to/your/file.zim --library /tmp/
This will start Kiwix-Serve on port 8080 and serve the contents of your ZIM file.
You can now access the content through your browser by navigating to http://localhost:8080/.
Congratulations! You've successfully installed Kiwix-Serve on Void Linux, indexed a ZIM file, and started serving its contents through a web browser.
With Kiwix-Serve, you can host ZIM files that provide access to valuable and extensive content, such as Wikipedia articles, even without an internet connection.
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