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-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.
+This page documents how to install ikiwiki if a prepackaged version is not
+available for your distribution, and you are faced with [[downloading|download]]
+the source and installing by hand. Ikiwiki should work on most unix-like
+systems.
 
 ## Dependencies
 
@@ -10,29 +11,24 @@ Ikiwiki is a perl program, and needs a recent version of perl such as
 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]]
+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.
 
 Various [[plugins]] use other perl modules and utilities; see their individual
 documentation for details.
 
-## Debian
+### Installing dependencies with yum
 
-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:
+Here's an example of how to install ikiwiki's dependencies using yum
+on Fedora 7:
 
        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
+         perl-CGI-Session perl-File-MimeInfo perl-gettext perl-Authen-Passphrase
 
-## Installing by hand
+### Installing dependencies 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
@@ -41,6 +37,8 @@ CPAN:
        PERL5LIB=`pwd` PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT=1 perl -MCPAN -e 'CPAN::Shell->install("Bundle::IkiWiki")'
        PERL5LIB=`pwd` PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT=1 perl -MCPAN -e 'CPAN::Shell->install("Bundle::IkiWiki::Extras")'
 
+## Installing ikiwiki by hand
+
 Then to build and install ikiwiki:
 
        perl Makefile.PL # PREFIX=/dir to install elsewhere