User:Barbs/SI30/CollectiveWiki

I want to make a wiki for me & my friends to document our practice, research and projects!

To do:

• Host a server on an old smartphone
• Choose & install wiki software

Manetta gave me some links to look into:

• Ikiwiki
• Docuwiki

Installing ikiwiki on an old phone using termux

The phone I'm using to host the server! #spirk

The phone I am using is a Samsung Galaxy A51 from 2020. I gave it a Star Trek wallpaper :)

Installing Termux [✅]

I followed the steps detailed in the comphosting workshop tutorial and didn't run into any issues.

After this I run sshd on Termux and SSH onto it from my laptop!

Installing Ikiwiki on Termux from source [❌]

Wanting to start the installation of ikiwiki, the first issue I ran into was that Termux does not use a package manager like Debian/Ubuntu/Fedora, and has a different file system compared to other Linux distro's due to it using the Android phone's files as a base.

As a solution, I first tried to download and compile ikiwiki from source, following the instructions on the wiki.

• Installed Perl
• Installed all the dependencies

Tried to install ikiwiki but it says the dependencies are missing…

Installing Ubuntu on Termux [✅]

Installing Ubuntu..

A week later I realized it is possible to install a linux distro onto Termux. I first found a git repo that lets you install Ubuntu inside of Termux.
https://jorexdeveloper.github.io/termux-ubuntu/

Installing Ikiwiki on Ubuntu on Termux [✅]

I ran apt-get install ikiwiki
Got error
Dropped it for the rest of the break :')

Installing Debian on Termux [✅]

https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/PRoot#Installing_Linux_distributions

Installing Ikiwiki on Debian on Termux [✅]

Success!!!

Shoutout to Eleni for making this Ikiwiki page! I discovered Claudio and her have also been experimenting with it so we chatted about it together and shared our progress.