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| author | luxagraf <sng@luxagraf.net> | 2015-10-25 08:45:11 -0400 |
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| committer | luxagraf <sng@luxagraf.net> | 2015-10-25 08:45:11 -0400 |
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diff --git a/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.20.07/Mon/wikipedialocal.txt b/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.20.07/Mon/wikipedialocal.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..705f3a0 --- /dev/null +++ b/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.20.07/Mon/wikipedialocal.txt @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ + +Wikipedia is undeniably the most readily available encyclopedia, not to mention the fact that it's free, but despite being readily available it isn't always available -- no internet access, no wikipedia. Which is why Wikipedia periodically dumps its content so you can load it on your laptop and have a local copy. + +But building a local copy is a time consuming process involving the need for a local database and server set up. If you want to build a search index on that database it can take several days -- surely there's a better way. + +In fact, now there is. Wikipedia fan Thanassis Tsiodras has come up with a much more efficient way of installing and indexing a local Wikipedia dump. As tsiodras writes: + + Wouldn't it be perfect, if we could use the wikipedia "dump" data JUST as they arrive after the download? Without creating a much larger (space-wize) MySQL database? And also be able to search for parts of title names and get back lists of titles with "similarity percentages"? + +Why yes it would. And fortunately Tsiodras has already done the heavy lifting. Using Python, Perl, or Php, along with the Xapian search engine and Tsiodras' package, you can have a local install of Wikipedia (2.9 GB) with a lightweight web interface for searching and reading entries from anywhere. + +Complete instructions can be found [here][2]. I should note that this does require some command line tinkering, but the size and speed more than warrant wading through the minimal code necessary to get it up and running. + +Also, if you're a big Wikipedia fan, be sure to check out [our review of WikipediaFS][3] from earlier this year. + +[via [Hackzine][1]] + +[1]: http://www.hackszine.com/blog/archive/2007/08/wikipedia_offline_reader_put_a.html?CMP=OTC-7G2N43923558 +[2]: http://www.softlab.ntua.gr/~ttsiod/buildWikipediaOffline.html +[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/05/mount_wikipedia.html
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