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* [[kiwix-install]], a tool which offers a simple way to create a data directory (beside the kiwix binary) with everything necessary (ZIM, index and library) and directly usable by kiwix. | * [[kiwix-install]], a tool which offers a simple way to create a data directory (beside the kiwix binary) with everything necessary (ZIM, index and library) and directly usable by kiwix. | ||
Kiwix knows about the available contents and indexes (to allow the fulltext search) by reading one (or many) so called ''library file(s)'' which are XML files ([[FeedFormat|more information about the XML format]]). In | Kiwix knows about the available contents and indexes (to allow the fulltext search) by reading one (or many) so called ''library file(s)'' which are XML files ([[FeedFormat|more information about the XML format]]). In Kiwix itself, you have the "[[library]]" (see screenshot beside) which is the visual form of the information available in library XML files. Each time Kiwix starts, it tries to find the XML library files to know more about available content. So, library XML files should be located to [[Library#Location|specific predefinedd places]] and in general Kiwix data storage follow [[Build_a_DVD#File_structure|these rules]]. | ||
So if you want for example to spread Kiwix for Windows with foobar.zim, you have to do: | So if you want for example to spread Kiwix for Windows with foobar.zim, you have to do: | ||