Install your own Wikidot Wiki

2010-04-01 16:11 | Category: Ubuntu 9.10 | Tags: collaboration, websites, Wikidot Wiki

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.

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