-The easiest way to install ikiwiki is using the Debian package.
+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.
-If you want to install from the tarball, you should make sure that the required perl modules are installed, then run:
+Ikiwiki is a perl program, and needs a recent version of perl such as
+5.8.8. (5.8.0 has been reported not to work).
- perl Makefile.PL
- make
- make install
+Ikiwiki requires the [[cpan Text::Markdown]], [[cpan URI]],
+[[cpan HTML::Parser]], and [[cpan HTML::Template]] perl modules be
+installed, and also uses the following perl modules if available:
+[[cpan CGI::Session]], [[cpan CGI::FormBuilder]] (version 3.05 or newer),
+[[cpan Mail::Sendmail]], [[cpan Time::Duration]], [[cpan TimeDate]],
+[[cpan HTML::Scrubber]], [[cpan RPC::XML]], [[cpan XML::Simple]],
+[[cpan XML::Feed]], [[cpan File::MimeInfo]], [[cpan Locale::gettext]]
+(version 1.04 or newer).
-See [[download]] for where to get it.
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+Various [[plugins]] use other libraries and utlities; see their individual
+documentation for details.
+
+The Debian packages depend on an appropriate set of these modules.
+
+While Fedora 7 doesn't have an ikiwiki package, you can install needed
+perl modules using this command:
+
+ yum install perl-Text-Markdown perl-Mail-Sendmail perl-HTML-Scrubber \
+ perl-XML-Simple perl-TimeDate perl-HTML-Template perl-CGI-FormBuilder \
+ perl-CGI-Session perl-File-MimeInfo perl-gettext
+
+If you want to install from the tarball, you should make sure that the
+required perl modules are installed, then run:
+
+ perl Makefile.PL # PREFIX=/dir to install elsewhere
+ make
+ make test # optional
+ make install
+
+See [[download]] for where to get it.