On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 10:33 +0100, Ivan Glushkov wrote: > Hi, > > I want to have wikipedia locally on my debian laptop. I tried to google > about it, but the only useful link I found is > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_download > > , which does not really explain in details the installation process. Do > you know a nice HowTo on the topic answering the following questions: There is a nice how-to at http://www.pilhokim.com/pilhowiki/index.php?title=EChronicle:Importing_Wikipedia But be advised that it will take around one or two weeks to insert all database dumps. I am not sure if you can skip a couple of those dumps in order to save some space. The following table gives you a short overview of the disk space you will need. All this is without images and edit history. 6.9G ./wp_fr_20071203 26G ./wp_en_20071018 4.4G ./wp_it_20071215 3.2G ./wp_nl_20080104 3.0G ./wp_pt_20071116 344M ./wp_tr_20071128 3.7G ./wp_de_20071228 3.2G ./wp_ru_20080104 44M ./wp_sw_20071117 988M ./wp_no_20071127 623M ./wp_zh_20071119 3.2G ./wp_pl_20071129 1.5G ./wp_es_20071202 1.1G ./wp_fi_20080103 > Which way of installing wikipedia would take the least disk space? > What software I need to install/configure/run to have a local copy with > the full search functionality? You will need to install MediaWiki and MySQL. with kind regards Wolodja Wentland
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