

- #Kiwix edit zim file how to#
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Here's a fun one-liner to find the biggest ZIM file: $ w3m -dump |Īwk '$4 > n 'Īs of writing, this outputs: wikipedia_en_all_maxi_2021-03.zim 3 19:26 88082131032 The "maxi" scope consists of whole articles, pictures and all.Īs you can imagine, all of these variables greatly impact the filesize. The "nopic" scope provides whole articles minus any pictures. The "mini" scope provides _only_ lead sections of articles (usually the first 1-4 paragraphs) and the info boxes. The "scope" describes what parts of each article are (not) stored. The "topic" restricts the set of articles to a single topic (e.g., computer, geography, chemistry), which can be "all" for no topic restriction. To find the ZIM file(s) you want, you should understand the format of these filenames: wikipedia_-.zim You can find ZIM files here:ĮDIT: You can find many more ZIM files for other MediaWiki sites (including the Arch Wiki!) here: Now you need ZIM files for Kiwix to actually serve, these files contain the actual Wikipedia articles. The rest of the commands in the post are ran as this "kiwix" user unless otherwise indicated with a preceding # sign.
#Kiwix edit zim file password#
I decided I want to run Kiwix as a separate user for security: # adduser -D kiwix # -D disables password so only root can su to kiwix This will make it possible to add packages from the testing repository by appending to the package name. If you don't already have the testing repo then you can add it as a tagged repository by adding the following line to /etc/apk/repositories (feel free to use your mirror of choice): ContentsĪs of writing, Kiwix is only available on Alpine via the testing repository (check here if you're on a different distro w/o a Kiwix package).
#Kiwix edit zim file how to#
Although some advice is provided for other Linux distributions, you'll need to know how to work with your package manager and your init system in order to follow along on another distro. This post provides instructions for setting up Kiwix on an Alpine Linux system. Your internet may go down, you may plan to be in a place that doesn't have internet at all, your internet may be censored, you might not want your ISP or government knowing (when) you are accessing Wikipedia, you might not want Wikipedia themselves to know what articles you are reading, or you might just want to be *cool*. There are multiple reasons one may want to access Wikipedia locally. Even the design of this blog is pretty clearly influenced by Wikipedia. According to my browser history I have visited 70 Wikipedia articles this week (only in qutebrowser, I have w3m and Firefox set to discard history, so the true number is probably quite a bit higher).
#Kiwix edit zim file Offline#
Re-enable OverlayFS using instructions above and reboot Raspberry Pi.Simple headless Kiwix setup for offline Wikipedia AN3223's Blog Simple headless Kiwix setup for offline Wikipedia Move Zim File to Directory sudo mv wikipedia*.zim /var/local/ Change zim file user/group to pi sudo chown pi:pi /var/local/wikipedia*.zim Decompress Kiwix Server tar -zxvf kiwix-tools_linux-armhf*.tar.gz Move Binaries to Executable Directory sudo mv kiwix-tools_linux-armhf-*/* /usr/local/bin/ Reload systemd Manager Configuration sudo systemctl daemon-reload Start Kiwix Service sudo systemctl start kiwix Check Status of Kiwix Service sudo systemctl status kiwix Login to Raspberry Pi (use your kiosk’s hostname, username and password) ssh Disable OverlayFS (disable read-only system) sudo raspi-configĪdvanced Options > Overlay FS Send Kiwix Server and Zim File to Raspberry Pi (run on local computer) scp ~/Downloads/kiwix-tools_linux-armhf*.tar.gz ~/Downloads/*.zim Stop Kiwix Server sudo systemctl stop kiwix Open Kiwix Service Configuration sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/rvice
#Kiwix edit zim file download#
NL: (vergelijkbaar) Download Kiwix Server Locked Down Offline Wikipedia Kiosk on Raspberry Pi 4: ĬanaKit Raspberry Pi 4 (4GB) Starter Kit (Amazon Affiliate)
