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== Installation ==
== Installation on Debian ==
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  sudo apt install ikiwiki
  sudo apt install ikiwiki
make sure you also have <code>librpc-xml-perl</code> and <code>python-docutils</code>


=== Setup <ref>https://ikiwiki.info/setup/#index1h2</ref> ===
=== Setup <ref>https://ikiwiki.info/setup/#index1h2</ref> ===

Revision as of 18:40, 30 April 2026

About

what is ikiwiki?

Installation on Debian

NOTE:

where $WIKI put the name of your wiki

where $USER put the name of the local user

sudo apt install ikiwiki

make sure you also have librpc-xml-perl and python-docutils

Setup [1]

You run the following command:

ikiwiki --setup /etc/ikiwiki/auto.setup

If you get this error:

/etc/ikiwiki/auto.setup: Only one Term::ReadLine::Gnu instance is allowed. at /usr/share/perl5/IkiWiki/Setup/Automator.pm line 17.

then add PERL_RL=Perl before ikiwiki [2]

you will then get a series of prompts:

What will the wiki be named? $WIKI
What revision control system to use? git
What wiki user (or openid) will be admin? $USER
Choose a password:
ikiwiki edit flow

Variables

Two important variables in the ikiwiki universe are $srcdir, the source directory, and $destdir, the destination directory.

by default, your $srcdir is /home/$USER/$WIKI/

and your $destdir is /home/$USER/public_html/$WIKI

Making your ikiwiki public with nginx

heh

Ikiwiki under a subdomain

heh

Editing the wiki

customizing CSS

add local.css in the git folder /home/USER/IKIWIKI/

use this as your ikiwikis css file

Markdown syntax

Projects running ikiwiki

References