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- | Evopedia is an offline Wikipedia viewer. It allows to search for articles based on their title or the geographic location on a map. If | + | Evopedia is an offline Wikipedia viewer. It allows to search for articles based on their title or the geographic location on a map. If you are online, even images are displayed. |
- | + | Apart from the software you also need to download a specially prepared dump of the articles available here. | |
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== Dumps == | == Dumps == | ||
- | + | Dumping Wikipedia is a very time-consuming task. Please be patient or help creating the dumps. | |
- | + | Please report if you find errors in the dumps. | |
'''New dumps:''' | '''New dumps:''' | ||
- | * [http:// | + | * [http://www.reitwiessner.de/openmoko/wikipedia_dumps/wikipedia_de_2010-01-17.zip German Wikipedia], 2010-01-17 (2.2 GB) |
- | + | '''Converted dumps:''' | |
- | + | These dumps are from older versions of evopedia, some features may be missing. | |
- | + | * [http://www.reitwiessner.de/openmoko/wikipedia_dumps/wikipedia_nl_2009-10-16.zip Dutch Wikipedia], 2009-10-16 (0.8 GB) | |
- | + | * [http://www.reitwiessner.de/openmoko/wikipedia_dumps/wikipedia_en_2009-02-28_2.zip English Wikipedia], 2009-02-28 (4.9 GB) | |
- | + | * [http://www.reitwiessner.de/openmoko/wikipedia_dumps/wikipedia_eo_2009-11-17.zip Esperanto Wikipedia], 2009-11-17 (0.1 GB) | |
- | * [http:// | + | * [http://www.reitwiessner.de/openmoko/wikipedia_dumps/wikipedia_fr_2009-10-11.zip French Wikipedia], 2009-10-11 (1.9 GB) |
+ | * [http://www.reitwiessner.de/openmoko/wikipedia_dumps/wikipedia_it_2009-11-09.zip Italian Wikipedia], 2009-11-09 (1.7 GB) | ||
+ | * [http://www.reitwiessner.de/openmoko/wikipedia_dumps/wikipedia_ja_2009-03-01.zip Japanese Wikipedia], 2009-03-01 (1.5 GB) (pages are a bit broken but content should be there) | ||
+ | * [http://www.reitwiessner.de/openmoko/wikipedia_dumps/wikipedia_es_2009-11-16.zip Spanish Wikipedia], 2009-11-16 (1.4 GB) | ||
== Dump Installation == | == Dump Installation == | ||
Extract one (or more) of the .zip-Files to your device and select it from within evopedia. The dump that is used can be changed using the (second) link at the top-left of the search screen. | Extract one (or more) of the .zip-Files to your device and select it from within evopedia. The dump that is used can be changed using the (second) link at the top-left of the search screen. | ||
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== Creating a Wikipedia Dump == | == Creating a Wikipedia Dump == | ||
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Creating a Wikipedia dump is unfortunately a rather lengthy process (some days). If you have any suggestions for speeding it up, please step forward. Concerning space, 20 GB should be enough for creating the dump. | Creating a Wikipedia dump is unfortunately a rather lengthy process (some days). If you have any suggestions for speeding it up, please step forward. Concerning space, 20 GB should be enough for creating the dump. | ||
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==== 1. install needed software (please add packages if I forgot some): ==== | ==== 1. install needed software (please add packages if I forgot some): ==== | ||
- | + | apt-get install php5-cli python mysql-server mysql-client wget zip tidy git | |
- | + | for ubuntu i needed to use the following command as well:<br> | |
+ | apt-get install php5-mysql | ||
==== 2. download evopedia source code ==== | ==== 2. download evopedia source code ==== | ||
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- | + | git clone git://github.com/crei/evopedia.git | |
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==== 3. adjust settings ==== | ==== 3. adjust settings ==== | ||
- | + | set php's memory_limit to some higher value (128 MB) in /etc/php5/cli/php.ini (or similar) | |
- | + | create empty mysql database | |
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- | + | edit paths and database settings in dumpscripts/createdump.sh | |
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- | + | change the dump language (bottom of dumpscripts/createdump.sh) | |
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==== 4. start the dump process ==== | ==== 4. start the dump process ==== | ||
- | call | + | call createdump.sh |
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