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diff --git a/doc/tips/nearlyfreespeech.mdwn b/doc/tips/nearlyfreespeech.mdwn index 4d1177179..61762d6aa 100644 --- a/doc/tips/nearlyfreespeech.mdwn +++ b/doc/tips/nearlyfreespeech.mdwn @@ -2,39 +2,50 @@ provider with very cheap pay as you go pricing. Here's how to install ikiwiki there if you don't have a dedicated server. -* [Get an account](https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/about/start.php). -* Create a site using their web interface. Mine is named `ikiwiki-test` and I - used their DNS instead of getting my own, resulting in - <http://ikiwiki-test.nfshost.com/> -* Fund it. (Or don't. They gave me 2 cents free funding for signing up, which - is enough to pay for 10 megabytes of hosting, or about a thousand typical - page views at their current rates.) -* `ssh` into their server using the ssh hostname and username displayed on - the site's information page. For me this was +## Register for an account and set up a site. + +After you [get an account](https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/about/start.php), +create a site using their web interface. + +Mine is named `ikiwiki-test` and I used their DNS instead of getting my +own, resulting in <http://ikiwiki-test.nfshost.com/> + +They gave me 2 cents free funding for signing up, which is enough to pay +for 10 megabytes of hosting, or about a thousand typical page views at +their current rates. $5 might be a good starting amount of money to put in +your account. + +## ssh in and configure the environment + +ssh into their server using the ssh hostname and username displayed on +the site's information page. For me this was ssh joeyh_ikiwiki-test@ssh.phx.nearlyfreespeech.net + cd $HOME + +Now set up .profile to run programs from ~/bin. -* Set up .profile to use your home directory. + echo "PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin" > .profile + . .profile - echo "PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin" > $HOME/.profile - . $HOME/.profile +## Download an unpack ikiwiki -* You'll be in the htdocs directory by default, where public web pages are - put, so before installing ikiwiki, `cd $HOME` -* Use `wget` to [[download]] the ikiwiki tarball. -* Unpack ikiwiki. +Use `wget` to [[download]] the ikiwiki tarball. Then unpack it: tar zxvf ikiwiki*.tar.gz -* Use CPAN to install the perl modules it uses into your home directory: - (This will take a while. As long as the first command succeeds, ikiwiki will be - usable. The second command adds extra modules that some plugins use, and - installation of some of them might fail.) +## Install perl modules + +Use CPAN to install the perl modules it uses into your home directory: PERL5LIB=ikiwiki:ikiwiki/cpan:. PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT=1 perl -MCPAN -e 'CPAN::Shell->install("Bundle::IkiWiki")' PERL5LIB=ikiwiki:ikiwiki/cpan:. PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT=1 perl -MCPAN -e 'CPAN::Shell->force(install => "Bundle::IkiWiki::Extras")' -* Now build and install ikiwiki into your home directory. +(This will take a while. As long as the first command succeeds, ikiwiki will be +usable. The second command adds extra modules that some plugins use, and +installation of some of them might fail.) + +## Build and install ikiwiki cd ikiwiki export MAKE=gmake @@ -42,11 +53,14 @@ there if you don't have a dedicated server. $MAKE $MAKE install -* With ikiwiki installed, you can follow the regular [[setup]] tutorial for - settng up your wiki. Make sure to set `destdir` to `/home/htdocs/` so that - the wiki is published on the web site. I recommend using git for revision - control; you can then clone your wiki's git repository as an offsite backup. - Here is an example of how I set up a wiki: +## Set up a wiki in the usual way. + +With ikiwiki installed, you can follow the regular [[setup]] tutorial for +settng up your wiki. Make sure to set `destdir` to `/home/htdocs/` so that +the wiki is published on the web site. I recommend using git for revision +control; you can then clone your wiki's git repository as an offsite backup. + +Here is an example of how I set up a wiki: mkdir ~/wiki cd ~/wiki @@ -64,9 +78,13 @@ there if you don't have a dedicated server. ikiwiki-makerepo git . ../wiki.git ikiwiki -setup ikiwiki.setup -* Finally, you can save a _lot_ of disk space by cleaning up the ikiwiki - tarball and .cpan directory. +## Clean up + +Finally, you can save a _lot_ of disk space by cleaning up the ikiwiki +tarball and .cpan directory. + +rm -rf ~/ikiwiki*.tar.gz ~/.cpan - rm -rf ~/ikiwiki*.tar.gz ~/.cpan +## Enjoy! Have fun and do good things. --[[Joey]] |