Avoid any dump that ends with something other than pages-articles. This time, I chose Feb, which is over 9 GBs, and it actually took way longer than that to download, just like the Kiwix version did. You can try and use the native archive utility on your computer, but I ran into some issues with the bz2 file. I used a program called iExpander and it worked perfectly on my Mac. Now, here is where things got a little dicey.
I ran into some problems trying to open the XML files on my Mac. You can technically "open" the files by using Safari. Since it's loading a nearly 10 GBs of data, it may take a while. This is the entire Wikipedia dump with all of its tags and an under-appreciation for spaces.
Obviously this is nearly impossible to read, but it may suffice for those with tons of patience and really good eyesight. For you Mac users, Kiwix is your best bet for a stress-free download and browse process.
If you're on Windows, you can use Wiki Taxi. Just download and extract the program, then open up the folder and click on WikiTaxi. You can go ahead and read through or just skip down to the section that says Import the XML dump into a WikiTaxi database. If you downloaded WikiTaxi before you grabbed a dump from Wikipedia, they do provide some of the most popular dumps directly in the program. If you want to try out the entire process, I would suggest downloading the Simple English Wiki, since it will only take a few minutes to download to your computer.
After your selected dump is finished downloading make sure to save it somewhere you can find it , you can go back to the WikiTaxi folder and select the WikiTaxi Importer. It will ask you to find the dump file and the database file for the Wikipedia file you have downloaded. Browse your computer and locate the dump you just saved to your computer.
It should load into that top section. Now for database, the walkthrough does not tell you how to designate this. All you're really doing is selecting a place for WikiTaxi to place and later locate the Wikipedia information. Simply browse through your computer and find a place where you wish the database file to exist. I just chose my desktop. Make sure you name the file or you will not be able to save the location and import. I named mine Wiki Dump 2, but it should have been named Wiki Dump 8, because that's how many times it took for me to get it all right!
I will help you. Before you download anything, I recommend you read this entire instructable. As of writing, the most complete and up-to-date Wikipedia package in English, with all the pictures , bundled with the required browser software, is this one:. Total file size is Pretty big, huh? Plus, it is a zip file, which means you have to first extract all the files in order to use it. That means that you will have to have enough room on your hard drive not only for the zipped file, but also for all the files that you extract.
That means you will need about GB of free space on your hard drive to extract it. Or, two drives with 80GB free space each. However… there are other ways of getting Wikipedia. Instead, you can download the Wikipedia content and Kiwix browser software separately.
Just like any encyclopedia, Wikipedia has an index. The index allows you to do full text searches. The index adds to the size of the package considerably, so you will save some space by not downloading it. Is there any way to get just the index file by itself? Well… the Kiwix browser software claims to be able to create an index for an unindexed.
However, it is unrealistic to think that you can index a large. The process is very slow and could easily take days. While I chose to download all of Wikipedia, there are other packages available that contain less articles, or only articles on certain subjects. For example, there is a "Simple English Wikipedia", which has much fewer articles which are written in simple, easy to understand English. Another example is the Bollywood Wikipedia package, which only contains articles pertaining to India's film industry.
Wikipedia is available in hundreds of languages. Also, just about every version of Wikipedia is available with or without pictures.
The pictures are compressed, and not the same quality as you would find if you were actually accessing Wikipedia's servers. Still, they make up a large portion of the size of each package.
If you don't want or need the pictures, then going with "no pics" package is the best choice for you. Every six months or so, the people of the Kiwix foundation compile a new. Invariably, the new package is bigger in size than the old one.
Currently the only way to update your offline version of Wikipedia is to download an entirely new package. Okay, so once you have decided which package you want to try for, you are ready to travel to the repository where all the content and software is stored.
If you are interested in an indexed Wikipedia that is bundled in a. If you want just the bare-bones Wikipedia content in the form of a. If you are a Windows user, then the software for you is either: kiwix Now we are ready for the next step, figuring out where we are going to store all these files that we are about to download.
If you can't use your home internet connection for downloading Wikipedia, or you don't have one, you will have to use public access internet at places like schools or libraries. Either that, or find a friend who has fast internet and unlimited amounts of data. Either way, you will need a data storage device to transfer the Wikipedia package to your home computer.
Also, if your home computer doesn't have enough free hard drive space for Wikipedia, then you will need the data storage device anyways. USB 3. Just about everyone's flash drive is USB 2. Anyways, 3. Before you buy anything though, make sure of a couple things:. The computer that you will use for the download has USB 3. You can use a USB 3.
Would you like knowledge about almost everything in the universe in the palm of your hand? In fact, Wikipedia no longer needs an internet connection to access its database — it can be downloaded within a short amount of time. There are several different options here: perhaps the most popular is the open-source XOWA , which allows you to obtain the full English version of Wikipedia. XOWA retains the full HTML formatting of pages, and allows you to navigate through these pages just like you would in the online version.
However, you have quite a few options otherwise, each with varying levels of support and difficulty levels. In nearly every case, the database file will be several if not tens of gigabytes in size.
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