http://www.wikidot.org/installation-guide
requirements
- PostgreSQL 8.3
- PHP 5.2+
- Lighttpd 1.4 or 1.5
- ImageMagick
- LaTeX
- PHP gd extension
- PHP tidy extension
- PEAR
- file
- git
To install all these:
sudo aptitude install postgresql-8.3 php5-cgi php5-cli php5-pgsql lighttpd imagemagick tetex-bin tetex-extra gs-gpl php5-gd php5-tidy php-pear file git-core
Installation of Wikidot
http://www.wikidot.org/debian-packages
cd ~/Downloads wget http://www.wikidot.org/local--files/debian-packages/wikidot_0.90_all.deb sudo dpkg -i wikidot_0.90_all.deb
if it complains about missing packages install them and repeat the dpkg -i command.
Then run in terminal:
/usr/lib/wikidot/bin/finish_url.php
to get URL you need to visit to set the Admin password. Use this password to log in and set up users.
If you want to get the service more configured, edit file /usr/lib/wikidot/conf/wikidot.ini
. Don't know what to put there? Consult /usr/lib/wikidot/conf/full-example-of-wikidot.ini
.