How to save an entire website using HTTRACK [I'll help you save it]

Hello, I'm Incompetent.

As a preliminary step, I'm writing about why I save data. For those who cannot perform web crawling, I will do it on your behalf, so please feel free to comment on this article. Since it's approval-based, if you don't want to leave a comment, you can specify that and send it via email. *Please note that it may not be possible depending on the scale or regulations.

In a situation where everything is disappearing, archive services are convenient, but I believe there are two main concerns.

Concerns about Archive Services

-Loss due to the operating company terminating the service
-Necessity of internet connection

Regarding the first point, recently, The-Eye.eu effectively ceased its service, and I feel that there's a trend towards regulating web scraping itself to prevent automated learning due to the spread of AI.
Also, as a side note, I strongly suspect that the operators of The-Eye.eu are likely involved with members of Eye 4 You, who built artistic websites during the dawn of the internet around the year 2000.

Getting back to the topic, regarding the second point, I also feel the necessity of storing data in a local environment at this stage, especially given that the internet is gradually moving towards a situation where it inevitably creates more closed spaces. What I particularly felt, which I cannot post here, is that the recent loss of a lawsuit by Wikipedia, forcing it to make changes, also indicates a gradual loss of internet freedom.

Reasons to Save Websites at This Stage

Perhaps, I am currently in my early twenties, which can be considered young, but let's consider the age of those who supported the dawn of the internet around 2000.

From the 1980s, when the history of PCs began to spread widely, if someone was 20 years old back then, they would be nearly 40 in 2000.
And those who supported the early PCs and the internet are now close to 60 years old. Website maintenance, like a house, is preserved by people living, maintaining, and using it.
However, since these people are also human, it's inevitable that they may find themselves in situations where they can no longer perform maintenance.

Unfortunately, since the information is digital, it will simply disappear. What we have learned comes from the past, and I feel that preserving valuable historical information for entertainment and understanding the past is also a sign of respect for the people of that time.

Especially recently, in what is commonly called an 'accelerated society,' streaming services have become mainstream, and I feel a dilution of information, which led me to save text-style main websites.
As for videos, I question their data sustainability and availability, so I felt it would be more efficient to save sites that summarize important information in text.

How to Use HTTRACK

Now, this introduction assumes the use of GNU/Linux.

In my environment, I use Devuan, so I'll use apt for package management.

apt install httrack

Is the installation complete?

Then, all you have to do is type this.

httrack "保存したいサイトのURL" -O "保存先ディレクトリ" "+*.gif" "+*.jpg" "+*.png" 

-O : Specify the destination directory

The most stable way to save was the one above.

HTTrack is a convenient tool with several other saving methods, so I still have much to learn.
HTTrack Official Website

That's all for now.
See you again.