-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
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-Authen-Passphrase
-## macports
-
-IkiWiki can be installed [from macports]
-(http://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=name&substr=ikiwiki)
-by running `sudo port install ikiwiki`.
-
-## 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
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