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authorJoey Hess <joey@kodama.kitenet.net>2008-05-05 19:08:47 -0400
committerJoey Hess <joey@kodama.kitenet.net>2008-05-05 19:08:47 -0400
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@@ -2,21 +2,28 @@ The easiest way to install ikiwiki is using the Debian package, but you can
also [[download]] the source and install it by hand. Ikiwiki should work on
most unix-like systems.
+## prerequites
+
Ikiwiki is a perl program, and needs a recent version of perl such as
5.10. (5.8.0 has been reported not to work).
+It's recommended you have a C compiler, as ikiwiki uses one to build
+wrappers.
+
Ikiwiki requires the [[cpan Text::Markdown]], [[cpan URI]],
[[cpan HTML::Parser]], [[cpan HTML::Template]], and [[cpan HTML::Scrubber]]
perl modules be installed. It can also use a lot of other perl modules, if
they are available.
-It's recommended you have a C compiler, as ikiwiki uses one to build
-wrappers.
-
-Various [[plugins]] use other libraries and utlities; see their individual
+Various [[plugins]] use other perl modules and utilities; see their individual
documentation for details.
-The Debian packages depend on and recommend an appropriate set of packages.
+## Debian
+
+The Debian packages depend on and recommend an appropriate set of packages,
+so just install ikiwiki using apt.
+
+## Fedora 7
While Fedora 7 doesn't have an ikiwiki package, you can install needed
perl modules using this command:
@@ -25,6 +32,8 @@ perl modules using this command:
perl-XML-Simple perl-TimeDate perl-HTML-Template perl-CGI-FormBuilder \
perl-CGI-Session perl-File-MimeInfo perl-gettext
+## Installing by hand
+
If you want to install by hand from the tarball, you should make sure that
all the perl modules are installed. This is one way to install them, using
CPAN:
@@ -39,4 +48,9 @@ Then to build and install ikiwiki:
make test # optional
make install
-See [[download]] for where to get it.
+If you're using a shared hosting provider, of the sort where you don't have
+root, you can still install ikiwiki. There are tutorials covering this for
+a few providers:
+
+* [[tips/NearlyFreeSpeech]]
+* [[tips/DreamHost]]