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diff --git a/doc/install.mdwn b/doc/install.mdwn index e1e071201..4d15e8122 100644 --- a/doc/install.mdwn +++ b/doc/install.mdwn @@ -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]] |