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@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ This tutorial will walk you through setting up a wiki with ikiwiki.
 
 [[!toc ]]
 
 
 [[!toc ]]
 

-## [[Download]] and [[install]] ikiwiki
+## Install ikiwiki

 
 

-If you're using Debian or Ubuntu, ikiwiki is an `apt-get install ikiwiki` away.
+If you're using Debian or Ubuntu, ikiwiki is an <code><a href="http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html#_basic_package_management_operations">apt-get</a> install ikiwiki</code> away.

 If you're not, see the [[download]] and [[install]] pages.
 
 ## Create your wiki
 If you're not, see the [[download]] and [[install]] pages.
 
 ## Create your wiki


@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@ For more control, advanced users may prefer to set up a wiki
 [[by_hand|byhand]].
 """]]
 
 [[by_hand|byhand]].
 """]]
 

-       % ikiwiki -setup /etc/ikiwiki/auto.setup
+       % ikiwiki --setup /etc/ikiwiki/auto.setup

 
 Or, set up a blog with ikiwiki, run this command instead.
 
 
 Or, set up a blog with ikiwiki, run this command instead.
 

-       % ikiwiki -setup /etc/ikiwiki/auto-blog.setup
+       % ikiwiki --setup /etc/ikiwiki/auto-blog.setup
+
+`librpc-xml-perl` and `python-docutils` dependencies are needed.

 
 Either way, it will ask you a couple of questions.
 
 
 Either way, it will ask you a couple of questions.
 


@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ Then, wait for it to tell you an url for your new site..
                destdir:     ~/public_html/foo
                repository:  ~/foo.git
        To modify settings, edit ~/foo.setup and then run:
                destdir:     ~/public_html/foo
                repository:  ~/foo.git
        To modify settings, edit ~/foo.setup and then run:

-               ikiwiki -setup ~/foo.setup
+               ikiwiki --setup ~/foo.setup

 
 Done! 
 
 
 Done! 
 


@@ -46,14 +48,8 @@ Done!
 Now you can go to the url it told you, and edit pages in your new wiki
 using the web interface.
 
 Now you can go to the url it told you, and edit pages in your new wiki
 using the web interface.
 

-You can log in using the wiki user and password (or the openid)
-that you told it to set up earlier. That user is an admin, so you can
-go to the Preferences page and click on "Wiki Setup" to further
-configure the wiki.
-

 (If the web interface doesn't seem to allow editing or login, you may
 (If the web interface doesn't seem to allow editing or login, you may

-need to configure [[apache|tips/apache_cgi]] or 
-[[lighttpd|tips/lighttpd_cgi]].)
+need to [[configure_the_web_server|tips/dot_cgi]].)

 
 ## Checkout and edit wiki source
 
 
 ## Checkout and edit wiki source
 


@@ -62,8 +58,8 @@ web for editing pages, and instead using your favorite text editor and
 [[Revision_Control_System|rcs]]. 
 
 To do this, you need to check out a copy of the source to your wiki.
 [[Revision_Control_System|rcs]]. 
 
 To do this, you need to check out a copy of the source to your wiki.

-You should avoid making changes directly to the `srcdir`, as that
-checkout is reserved for use by ikiwiki itself.
+(You should avoid making changes directly to the `srcdir`, as that
+checkout is reserved for use by ikiwiki itself.)

 
 Depending on which [[Revision_Control_System|rcs]] you chose to use,
 you can run one of these commands to check out your own copy of your wiki's
 
 Depending on which [[Revision_Control_System|rcs]] you chose to use,
 you can run one of these commands to check out your own copy of your wiki's


@@ -71,8 +67,10 @@ source. (Remember to replace "foo" with the real directory name.)
 
        git clone foo.git foo.src
        svn checkout file://`pwd`/foo.svn/trunk foo.src
 
        git clone foo.git foo.src
        svn checkout file://`pwd`/foo.svn/trunk foo.src

+       cvs -d `pwd`/foo get -P ikiwiki

        bzr clone foo foo.src
        hg clone foo foo.src
        bzr clone foo foo.src
        hg clone foo foo.src

+       darcs get foo.darcs foo.src

        # TODO monotone, tla
 
 Now to edit pages by hand, go into the directory you checked out (ie,
        # TODO monotone, tla
 
 Now to edit pages by hand, go into the directory you checked out (ie,


@@ -94,7 +92,7 @@ These range from changing the wiki's name, to enabling [[plugins]],
 to banning users and locking pages.
 
 If you log in as the admin user you configured earlier, and go to
 to banning users and locking pages.
 
 If you log in as the admin user you configured earlier, and go to

-your Preferences page, you can click on "Wiki Setup" to customize many
+your Preferences page, you can click on "Setup" to customize many

 wiki settings and plugins.
 
 Some settings cannot be configured on the web, for security reasons or
 wiki settings and plugins.
 
 Some settings cannot be configured on the web, for security reasons or


@@ -105,7 +103,13 @@ and gives a brief description of each.
 
 After making changes to this file, you need to tell ikiwiki to use it:
 
 
 After making changes to this file, you need to tell ikiwiki to use it:
 

-       % ikiwiki -setup foo.setup
+       % ikiwiki --setup foo.setup
+
+Alternatively, you can ask ikiwiki to change settings in the file for you:
+
+       % ikiwiki --changesetup foo.setup --plugin goodstuff
+
+See [[usage]] for more options.

 
 ## Customizing file locations
 
 
 ## Customizing file locations
 


@@ -116,26 +120,24 @@ a working copy checked out from the version control system repository.
 When you used `auto.setup`, ikiwiki put the source directory, destination
 directory, and repository in your home directory, and told you the location
 of each. Those locations were chosen to work without customization, but you
 When you used `auto.setup`, ikiwiki put the source directory, destination
 directory, and repository in your home directory, and told you the location
 of each. Those locations were chosen to work without customization, but you

-might want to move them to different directories. There are three steps to
-this process.
-
-1. Move the destination directory and repository around.
+might want to move them to different directories.

 
 

+First, move the destination directory and repository around.
+   

        % mv public_html/foo /srv/web/foo.com
        % mv foo.git /srv/git/foo.git
 
        % mv public_html/foo /srv/web/foo.com
        % mv foo.git /srv/git/foo.git
 

-2. Create a new source directory checkout. If you moved the repository
-   to a new location, checkouts pointing at the old location won't work,
-   and the easiest way to deal with this is to delete them and re-checkout
-   from the new repository location.
-
+If you moved the repository to a new location, checkouts pointing at the
+old location won't work, and the easiest way to deal with this is to delete
+them and re-checkout from the new repository location.
+   

        % rm -rf foo
        % rm -rf foo

-       % git clone /src/git/foo.git
+       % git clone /srv/git/foo.git

 
 

-3. Edit the setup file. Modify the settings for `srcdir`, `destdir`,
-   `url`, `cgiurl`, `cgi_wrapper`, `git_wrapper`, etc to reflect where
-   you moved things. Remember to run `ikiwiki -setup` after editing the
-   setup file.
+Finally, edit the setup file. Modify the settings for `srcdir`, `destdir`,
+`url`, `cgiurl`, `cgi_wrapper`, `git_wrapper`, etc to reflect where
+you moved things. Remember to run `ikiwiki --setup` after editing the
+setup file.

 
 ## Enjoy your new wiki!
 
 
 ## Enjoy your new wiki!