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 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.
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 [❌]
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 nginx on Ubuntu on Termux [❌]
Installing Debian on Termux [✅]
https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/PRoot#Installing_Linux_distributions