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This tutorial will walk you through setting up a wiki with ikiwiki.
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1. [[Download]] and [[install]] ikiwiki.
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2. Decide where your wiki's files will go.
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As a wiki compiler, ikiwiki builds a wiki from files in a source directory,
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and outputs the files to a destination directory. If you keep your wiki in
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a version control system, the source directory will contain a working copy
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checked out from the version control system.
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For the purposes of this tutorial, we'll set shell variables
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for these locations, and use those variables in the commands that follow.
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SRCDIR=~/wikiwc
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DESTDIR=~/public_html/wiki/
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Note that ikiwiki owns the working copy directory; do not perform your own
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edits in ikiwiki's working copy.
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3. Create the beginnings of your wiki.
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This will create a simple main page for the wiki.
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mkdir $SRCDIR
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cd $SRCDIR
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$EDITOR index.mdwn
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In the editor, you could start by entering a simple page like
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[[toggle id=page text="this one"]].
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[[toggleable id=page text="""
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Welcome to your new wiki.
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All wikis are supposed to have a [[SandBox]],
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so this one does too.
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----
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This wiki is powered by [ikiwiki](http://ikiwiki.info).
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"""]]
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See [[HelpOnFormatting]] for details about the markup language.
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Note that several [[standard_wiki_pages|basewiki]] will be added to your
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wiki, from files in `/usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki/`, so your wiki will
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automatically get a [[SandBox]], and some other useful pages.
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4. Build your wiki for the first time.
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ikiwiki --verbose $SRCDIR $DESTDIR --url=http://example.org/~you/wiki/
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Replace the url with the real url to your wiki. You should now
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be able to visit the url and see your wiki.
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5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 as desired, editing or adding pages and rebuilding
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the wiki.
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To quickly get started on a common task like blogging with ikiwiki, you
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can copy in files from the [[examples]]. The examples are located in
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`doc/examples/` in the ikiwiki source package.
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You can play around with other ikiwiki parameters such as `--wikiname`
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and `--rebuild` too. Get comfortable with its command line (see
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[[usage]]).
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6. By now you should be getting tired of typing in all the command line
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options each time you change something in your wiki's setup. Time to
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introduce setup files.
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A sample setup file is [[ikiwiki.setup]]. Download it (or copy it from
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`doc/ikiwiki.setup` in the ikiwiki sources), and edit it. Note that this
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file should *not* be put in your wiki's directory with the rest of the
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files. A good place to put it is in a ~/.ikiwiki/ subdirectory.
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Most of the options, like `wikiname` in the setup file are the same as
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ikiwiki's command line options (documented in [[usage]]. `srcdir` and
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`destdir` are the two directories you specify when running ikiwiki by
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hand. Make sure that these are pointing to the right directories, and
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read through and configure the rest of the file to your liking.
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When you're satisfied, run `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup`, and it
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will set everything up.
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7. Turn on additional features.
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Now you have a basic wiki with a configuration file. Time to experiment
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with ikiwiki's many features.
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Let's first enable a key wiki feature and set up [[CGI]] to allow
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editing the wiki from the web. Just edit ikiwiki.setup, uncomment the
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block for the cgi wrapper, make sure the filename for the cgi wrapper
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is ok, run `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup`, and you're done!
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There are lots of other configuration options in ikiwiki.setup that you
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can uncomment, configure, and enable by re-running
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`ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup`. Be sure to browse through all the
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[[plugins]]..
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8. Put your wiki in revision control.
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At this point you might want to check your wiki in to a revision control
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system you can get history of past changes and revert edits. Depending
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on the revision control system you choose, the way this is done varies.
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There's little that's ikiwiki specific about these instructions; this is
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just how you put a directory under revision control using the various
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systems that ikiwiki supports. Note that the .ikiwiki subdirectory is
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where ikiwiki keeps its state, and should be preserved, but not checked
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into revision control.
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[[toggle id=subversion text="Subversion"]]
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[[toggleable id=subversion text="""
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REPOSITORY=~/wikirepo
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svnadmin create $REPOSITORY
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svn mkdir file://$REPOSITORY/trunk -m "create trunk"
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cd $SRCDIR
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svn co file://$REPOSITORY/trunk .
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svn add *
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svn commit -m "initial import"
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"""]]
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[[toggle id=git text="Git"]]
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[[toggleable id=git text="""
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REPOSITORY=~/wikirepo
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mkdir $REPOSITORY
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cd $REPOSITORY
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git init-db
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cp -a $SRCDIR/* .
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git add .
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git commit -m "initial import" -a
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mv $SRCDIR/.ikiwiki .
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rm -rf $SRCDIR
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git clone -l -s $REPOSITORY $SRCDIR
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"""]]
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[[toggle id=tla text="TLA"]]
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[[toggleable id=tla text="""
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REPOSITORY=~/wikirepo
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tla make-archive me@localhost--wiki $REPOSITORY
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tla my-id "<me@localhost>"
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cd $SRCDIR
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tla archive-setup me@localhost--wiki/wiki--0
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tla init-tree me@localhost--wiki/wiki--0
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# Edit {arch}/=tagging-method and change the precious
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# line to add the .ikiwiki directory to the regexp.
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tla add *
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tla import
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"""]]
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[[toggle id=mercurial text="Mercurial"]]
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[[toggleable id=mercurial text="""
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REPOSITORY=$SRCDIR
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hg init $REPOSITORY
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cd $REPOSITORY
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hg add *
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hg commit -m "initial import"
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"""]]
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9. Configure ikiwiki to use revision control.
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Once your wiki is checked in to the revision control system,
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you should configure ikiwiki to use revision control. Edit your
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ikiwiki.setup, and uncomment the lines for the revision control system
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you chose to use. Be sure to set `svnrepo` to $REPOSITORY, if using
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subversion. Uncomment the block for the wrapper for your revision
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control system, and configure the wrapper path in that block
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appropriately.
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Once it's all set up, run `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup` once more.
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Now you should be able to edit files in $SRCDIR, and use your revision
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control system to commit them, and the wiki will automatically update.
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And in the web interface, RecentChanges should work, and files changed
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by web users will also be committed using revision control.
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10. Enjoy your new wiki! Add yourself to [[IkiWikiUsers]]. And check out
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[[tips]] to find out how to get more out of ikiwiki.
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