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If you want to install Kiwix, just follow these commands from the console of Ubuntu[[File:Ubuntu.png|12px]].
The Kiwix Personal Package Archive (PPA) allows you to get the latest version of Kiwix and openZIM software on your Ubuntu system. Currently the following packages are available: <code>libzim-dev</code>, <code>libkiwix-dev</code>. It builds packages for Ubuntu <code>eoan</code>, <code>focal</code> and <code>groovy</code> on the <code>amd64</code>, <code>arm64</code>, and <code>armhf</code> architectures.
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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kiwixteam/ppa
First, add the PPA to your system:<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
sudo apt-get update
user@server:/# sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kiwixteam/release
sudo apt-get install kiwix
Kiwix lets you access free knowledge – even offline. Store Wikipedia or any website on your mobile phone or computer, easily. See https://www.kiwix.org/
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This PPA contains stable releases  of Kiwix and openZIM software.
More info: https://launchpad.net/~kiwixteam/+archive/ubuntu/release
Press [ENTER] to continue or Ctrl-c to cancel adding it.
 
</syntaxhighlight>If the add-apt-repository command isn't found (it should be installed by default on most Ubuntu systems), you need to install it with <code>sudo apt install software-properties-common</code>.
 
Then, install whatever package you want in the standard apt way: <code>sudo apt install <package></code>.
 
Browse the [https://launchpad.net/~kiwixteam/+archive/ubuntu/release list of available packages and their versions].
 
== Development PPA ==
A second PPA contains bleeding-edge packages built from the master development branch of each repository is also available. The usage instructions are mostly the same, just enable the repository with: <code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kiwixteam/dev</code>.
 
It may take up to an hour for packages to be built and published in the dev PPA. Browse the [https://launchpad.net/~kiwixteam/+archive/ubuntu/dev/ list of available packages and their versions].
 
For pull requests not yet merged into master, packages can be downloaded as artifacts from CI.
 
== See also ==
 
* [[/FAQ|Developer FAQ]]

Revision as of 19:37, 13 July 2020

The Kiwix Personal Package Archive (PPA) allows you to get the latest version of Kiwix and openZIM software on your Ubuntu system. Currently the following packages are available: libzim-dev, libkiwix-dev. It builds packages for Ubuntu eoan, focal and groovy on the amd64, arm64, and armhf architectures.

First, add the PPA to your system:

user@server:/# sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kiwixteam/release
 Kiwix lets you access free knowledge – even offline. Store Wikipedia or any website on your mobile phone or computer, easily. See https://www.kiwix.org/

This PPA contains stable releases  of Kiwix and openZIM software.
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~kiwixteam/+archive/ubuntu/release
Press [ENTER] to continue or Ctrl-c to cancel adding it.

If the add-apt-repository command isn't found (it should be installed by default on most Ubuntu systems), you need to install it with sudo apt install software-properties-common.

Then, install whatever package you want in the standard apt way: sudo apt install <package>.

Browse the list of available packages and their versions.

Development PPA

A second PPA contains bleeding-edge packages built from the master development branch of each repository is also available. The usage instructions are mostly the same, just enable the repository with: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kiwixteam/dev.

It may take up to an hour for packages to be built and published in the dev PPA. Browse the list of available packages and their versions.

For pull requests not yet merged into master, packages can be downloaded as artifacts from CI.

See also