How to Install ArchiveBox on Manjaro

ArchiveBox is a free and open-source tool that helps you create a local archive of webpages. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install ArchiveBox on Manjaro.

Prerequisites

Before you start, make sure you have the following prerequisites:

  • A Manjaro Linux system with sudo access
  • Python 3 installed on your system
  • Git installed on your system

Step 1 - Install Dependencies

Before we can install ArchiveBox on Manjaro, we need to install some dependencies. Open a terminal window and run the following command:

sudo pacman -S libffi openssl postgresql python-pillow python-pip python-psycopg2 python-xhtml2pdf

This command will install the necessary packages required by ArchiveBox.

Step 2 - Clone ArchiveBox Repository

Next, we need to clone the ArchiveBox repository to our local system. Run the following command:

git clone https://github.com/pirate/ArchiveBox.git

This command will clone the repository to a directory named ArchiveBox.

Step 3 - Install ArchiveBox

Now, let's install ArchiveBox. Navigate to the ArchiveBox directory and run the following command:

sudo pip install -r requirements.txt

This command will install all the required Python packages.

Step 4 - Configure ArchiveBox

Once the installation is complete, we need to configure ArchiveBox. Copy the example.config.yml file to a new config.yml file:

cp example.config.yml config.yml

Edit the config.yml file and update the following settings:

  • OUTPUT_DIR: Set the directory where the archived webpages will be stored.
OUTPUT_DIR: /path/to/your/output_directory
  • ARCHIVE_DIR: Set the directory where your archives will be stored.
ARCHIVE_DIR: /path/to/your/archive_directory
  • DATABASE_URL: This setting is optional. You can set the PostgreSQL database URL here.
DATABASE_URL: postgresql://user:password@host:port/database
  • CRAWL_OPTIONS: You can set various options related to crawling here. For example, you can set the maximum number of pages to crawl.
CRAWL_OPTIONS:
  max_depth: 5
  max_pages: 100

Step 5 - Run ArchiveBox

Once you have configured ArchiveBox, you can run it using the following command:

./archivebox.sh

This command will start the ArchiveBox server. You can access the ArchiveBox web interface by opening your web browser and navigating to http://localhost:8000.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we showed you how to install ArchiveBox on Manjaro Linux. With ArchiveBox, you can easily create a local archive of webpages.