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@ -6,20 +6,41 @@ This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
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under certain conditions; see file gpl.txt for details.
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This is a P2P-based Web Search Engine
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and also a caching http/https proxy.
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You can use it to set up your own search portal.
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WHAT IS THIS?
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This is a Peer-to-Peer - based Web Search Engine.
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There is no search central, the YaCy users create a web search network.
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You can also use this software to set up your own search portal.
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WHERE IS THE DOCUMENTATION?
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The complete documentation can be found at:
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(English) http://yacy.net/yacy
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(Deutsch) http://www.yacy-websuche.de
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(Wiki:de/en) http://www.yacy-websuche.de/wiki
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(English) http://yacy.net/yacy
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(Deutsch) http://www.yacy-websuche.de
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(Wiki:de) http://www.yacy-websuche.de/wiki/index.php/De:Start
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(Wiki:en) http://www.yacy-websearch.net/wiki/index.php/En:Start
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WHAT CAN I DO WITH THIS SOFTWARE?
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- search the web (automatically using all other YaCy peers)
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- crawl the web (and you contribute to the global web index)
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- set up your own search portal
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- use it as your personal web server
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- use it as your web proxy (..and visited pages are indexed)
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- many more
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YOU NEED JAVA 1.4.2 OR LATER TO RUN THIS APPLICATION!
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PLEASE DOWNLOAD JAVA FROM http://java.sun.com
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NO OTHER SOFTWARE IS REQUIRED! (you don't need apache, tomcat or mysql)
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DEPENDENCIES? WHAT OTHER SOFTWARE DO I NEED?
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You need java 1.4.2 or later to run YaCy.
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Please download it from http://java.sun.com
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NO OTHER SOFTWARE IS REQUIRED!
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(you don't need apache, tomcat or mysql or whatever)
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HOW DO I START THIS SOFTWARE?
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Startup and Shutdown of YaCy:
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@ -35,28 +56,30 @@ to stop : double-click stopYACY.bat
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to start: double-click startYACY.command (alias possible!)
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to stop : double-click stopYACY.command
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- on any other OS:
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to start: execute java as
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java -classpath classes:htroot:lib/commons-collections.jar:lib/commons-pool-1.2.jar yacy -startup <yacy-release-path>
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to stop : execute java as
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java -classpath classes:htroot:lib/commons-collections.jar:lib/commons-pool-1.2.jar yacy -shutdown
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HOW DO I USE THIS SOFTWARE, WHERE IS THE ADMINISTRATION INTERFACE?
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YaCy is a server process that can be administrated and used
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with your web browser:
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browse to http://localhost:8080 where you can see your personal
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search, configuration and administration interface.
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with your web browser: open
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http://localhost:8080
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There you can see your personal search and administration interface.
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ANY MORE CONFIGURATIONS?
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If you want to use the built-in proxy, simply configure your internet connection
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to use a proxy at port 8080. You can also change this default proxy port.
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- after startup, you see the configuration page in your web browser.
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just open http://localhost:8080
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all you have to do (should do) is to enter a password for your peer
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- You can use YaCy as your web proxy. But you don't need to do that.
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Simply configure your internet connection to use a proxy at port 8080.
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- You can add a YaCy toolbar to your Firefox web browser.
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This release contains the yacybar.xpi file from Alexander Schier
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and Martin Thelian. Please install this file as a Firefox extension.
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If you like to use YaCy not as proxy but only as distributed
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crawling/search engine, you can do so.
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Start crawling at the 'Index Creation' menu point.
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You can add a YaCy toolbar to your Firefox web browser.
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This release contains the yacybar.xpi file from Alexander Schier and Martin Thelian.
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Please install this file as a Firefox extension.
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CONTACT:
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If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the author:
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Send an email to Michael Christen (mc@anomic.de) with a meaningful subject
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@ -68,5 +91,5 @@ feel free to ask the author for a business proposal to customize YaCy
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according to your needs. We also provide integration solutions if the
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software is about to be integrated into your enterprise application.
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Germany, Frankfurt a.M., 23.08.2006
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Germany, Frankfurt a.M., 02.12.2006
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Michael Peter Christen
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orbiter
18 years ago