Yacy is a peer-to-peer search engine that anyone can install to create their own search portal. Here are the steps to install Yacy on your macOS device:
Open your Terminal by clicking the Launchpad icon, searching for "Terminal", and clicking on it.
Install Homebrew by entering the following command in the Terminal and pressing Enter:
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
Once Homebrew is installed, install Java using Homebrew by entering the following command in the Terminal and pressing Enter:
brew install java
Download Yacy by visiting the following link: https://download.yacy.net/yacy_v1.922_20210301_9969.tar.gz
Once the download is complete, extract the files by double-clicking on the downloaded file.
Open the Terminal again and navigate to the folder where you extracted the Yacy files using the cd (change directory) command. For example, if you extracted the files to your Downloads folder, you could navigate to that folder using the following command:
cd Downloads/yacy_v1.922_20210301_9969
Start Yacy by entering the following command in the Terminal and pressing Enter:
./startYACY.sh
Yacy's web interface should now be accessible by navigating to http://localhost:8090 in your web browser.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Yacy on your macOS device. You can now customize Yacy to suit your needs and create your own search portal.
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