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< div id = "siteSub" > From XOWA: the free, open-source, offline wiki application< / div >
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< a href = "#Download_pre-built_wikis_from_archive.org" > < span class = "tocnumber" > 2.1.1< / span > < span class = "toctext" > Download pre-built wikis from archive.org< / span > < / a >
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< a href = "#Build_wikis_using_the_database_dumps_at_wikimedia.org" > < span class = "tocnumber" > 2.1.2< / span > < span class = "toctext" > Build wikis using the database dumps at wikimedia.org< / span > < / a >
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English Wikipedia has a lot of data. There are over 16 million pages with 25 GB of text, as well as 5 million images.
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Setting all this up on your computer will not be a quick process. As a general estimate, you will need at least 30 GB and 5 hours processing time. If you want images as well, the numbers increase to 100 GB of disk space and 30+ hours of processing time. However, when you are done, you will have a complete, recent copy of English Wikipedia with images that can fit on a 128 GB SD card.
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Although the process itself is not hard, I < b > strongly recommend< / b > that you try Simple Wikipedia first. Simple Wikipedia has 180,000 pages and 90,000 images. The text version uses 200 MB and sets up in 5 minutes. With images, this expands to 2 GB and 30 minutes of downloading time. Simple Wikipedia is a reasonably accurate simulation of English Wikipedia -- just much smaller. It'll also give you a pretty good idea of what XOWA can do.
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< span class = "mw-headline" id = "Quick_start" > Quick start< / span >
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There are two approaches:
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Download pre-built wikis from archive.org
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Build wikis using the database dumps at wikimedia.org
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< span class = "mw-headline" id = "Download_pre-built_wikis_from_archive.org" > Download pre-built wikis from archive.org< / span >
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Go to < code > Special:XowaDownloadCentral< / code > from the URL bar within XOWA. You can also do Main Menu -> Tools -> Download Central
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In the < b > Available< / b > table, add the task names that start off with < code > English Wikipedia - Articles< / code >
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In the < b > Queue< / b > table, click the Play button
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Wait for the Queue to process. When it is done, enter the wiki URL in the bar. For example, < code > en.wikipedia.org< / code >
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< span class = "mw-headline" id = "Build_wikis_using_the_database_dumps_at_wikimedia.org" > Build wikis using the database dumps at wikimedia.org< / span >
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Go to < a href = "http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Dashboard/Import/Online.html" id = "xolnki_2" title = "Dashboard/Import/Online" class = "xowa-visited" > Dashboard/Import/Online< / a >
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Find < code > en.wikipedia.org< / code > in the list
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Click the < code > download< / code > link.
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Wait for the wiki to build. When it is done, it will automatically load the Main Page
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< span class = "mw-headline" id = "Images" > Images< / span >
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Go to < code > Special:XowaDownloadCentral< / code > from the URL bar within XOWA. You can also do Main Menu -> Tools -> Download Central
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In the < b > Available< / b > table, add the task names that start off with < code > English Wikipedia - Images< / code > and < code > English Wikipedia - Image Update< / code >
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In the < b > Queue< / b > table, click the Play button
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Wait for the Queue to process. When it is done, enter any page in the bar. For example, < code > en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth< / code >
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See < a href = "http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Wiki_setup/English_wikis.html" id = "xolnki_3" title = "Wiki setup/English wikis" class = "xowa-visited" > Wiki_setup/English_wikis< / a >
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