Download a source package (apache-nutch-1.X-src.zip)
Unzip
cd apache-nutch-1.X/
Run ant in this folder (cf. RunNutchInEclipse)
Now there is a directory runtime/local which contains a ready to use Nutch installation.
When the source distribution is used ${NUTCH_RUNTIME_HOME} refers to apache-nutch-1.X/runtime/local/. Note that
config files should be modified in apache-nutch-1.X/runtime/local/conf/
ant clean will remove this directory (keep copies of modified config files)

Option 3: Set up Nutch from source

Verify your Nutch installation

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