How to Install Wayback on Windows 10

In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Wayback on a Windows 10 machine. Wayback is an open-source web archive project that allows users to browse web pages that have been archived over time. You can view the archived pages in a timeline or search for specific pages using URL or text queries.

Prerequisites

To complete this tutorial, you will need the following:

• A Windows 10 machine
• Java Development Kit (JDK) 8 or higher
• Apache Maven

Step 1: Installing Java Development Kit (JDK)

Wayback requires Java to run. Here are the steps to install Java Development Kit (JDK) on your Windows 10 machine:

1. Download the latest version of Java Development Kit (JDK) from the official Oracle website.

2. Run the downloaded executable file and follow the installation wizard.

3. Once installed, open the command prompt and type java -version to verify that Java is installed on your machine.

Step 2: Installing Apache Maven

Wayback requires Apache Maven to build the project. Here are the steps to install Apache Maven on your Windows 10 machine:

1. Download the latest version of Apache Maven from the official website.

2. Extract the downloaded zip file to a directory of your choice. For example, C:\Program Files\apache-maven-3.8.2\.

3. Add the Apache Maven bin directory to your system PATH. To do this, right-click on the Windows start menu, select "System," then select "Advanced system settings." In the System Properties window, click on the "Environment Variables" button. In the System Variables section, scroll down and find the "Path" variable. Click "Edit," then "New," and add the path to the Apache Maven bin directory. For example, C:\Program Files\apache-maven-3.8.2\bin\.

4. Open the command prompt and type mvn -version to verify that Apache Maven is installed on your machine.

Step 3: Downloading and Installing Wayback

Now that we have installed the necessary prerequisites, let's download and install Wayback:

1. Open the command prompt and navigate to a directory of your choice. For example, cd C:\Users\YourUsername\Downloads\.

2. Clone the Wayback repository from GitHub by running the following command:

git clone https://github.com/wabarc/wayback.git

3. Once the repository is cloned, navigate to the wayback directory by running the following command:

cd wayback

4. Build the project using Apache Maven by running the following command:

mvn clean package

5. Wait for the build process to complete. Once completed, you will find a wayback-webapp directory inside the target directory.

6. To start Wayback, navigate to the wayback-webapp directory by running the following command:

cd target/wayback-webapp-<version>

7. Start Wayback by running the following command:

java -cp "lib/*" org.archive.wayback.platform.wayback

8. Wayback should now be running on your local machine. Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8080/wayback/ to start browsing the archive.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Wayback on a Windows 10 machine. We walked you through the prerequisites, the installation of Java Development Kit (JDK) and Apache Maven, and the cloning and building of the Wayback repository. Finally, we showed you how to start Wayback and browse the archive. We hope you found this tutorial helpful!

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