Wikipedia:TomeRaider database - download instructions

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Download and install a Wikipedia in TomeRaider format

Download compressed file(s)

The files can be downloaded here.

The file naming scheme is as follows:
File names all start with WP for Wikipedia, followed by (P)PC, PALM or EPOC for platform, followed by a two letter language code (EN, DE, EO, FR or NL).

For Palm users the English database comes in 6 chunks: WP_EN_PALM_AB, etc.

Very small DEMO files are also available, containing just a handful of articles from the English Wikipedia.

Verify file

Unfortunately transmission errors are not too uncommon. If the file can not be unzipped, you will have to download again. To be even more sure you can generate a MD5 checksum after download and verify it against md5sums.txt (in the download directory). For Windows users: a free tool to generate MD5 checksums can be downloaded here.

Unzip file

Unix-like operating systems will usually use Info-Zip. On MacOS, StuffIt Expander should handle Zip archives. Windows users will probably have either WinZip or PKZIP already.

Open file in TomeRaider

  • Browse database in (preview) version of TomeRaider for Windows or
  • Copy database to handheld and browse in (preview) version of TomeRaider for Windows

(Preview version will hide every fifth entry)

See also Wikipedia:TomeRaider database.