+
+> Well, if you have:
+> * A git repository of the wiki
+> * A setup file for the wiki
+>
+> Then you should:
+>
+> 1. Manually set up a bare git repository, and push
+> your backed up repository to it.
+> 2. `git clone` from the bare git repository to
+> recreate the ikiwiki srcdir
+> 3. `git clone` from the bare git repository a second time,
+> to create a checkout you can manually edit (optional)
+>
+> If you preserved your repository, but not the setup file,
+> the easiest way to make one is probably to run
+> `ikiwiki -dumpsetup` and edit the setup file. --[[Joey]]
+
+> > I get the following errors after running ikiwiki setup:
+
+ shortcut plugin will not work without shortcuts.mdwn
+ shortcut plugin will not work without shortcuts.mdwn
+ successfully generated /home/turian/public_html/iki/ikiwiki.cgi
+ shortcut plugin will not work without shortcuts.mdwn
+ successfully generated /home/turian/repos/iki.git/hooks/post-update
+ Can't stat /usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki/../javascript: No such file or directory
+ at /home/turian/utils//lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8//IkiWiki/Plugin/autoindex.pm line 60
+ Can't stat /usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki/../smiley: No such file or directory
+ at /home/turian/utils//lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8//IkiWiki/Plugin/autoindex.pm line 60
+ Can't stat /usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki: No such file or directory
+ at /home/turian/utils//lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8//IkiWiki/Plugin/autoindex.pm line 60
+ Can't stat /usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki/../javascript: No such file or directory
+ at /home/turian/utils//lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8//IkiWiki/Render.pm line 320
+ Can't stat /usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki/../smiley: No such file or directory
+ at /home/turian/utils//lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8//IkiWiki/Render.pm line 320
+ Can't stat /usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki: No such file or directory
+ at /home/turian/utils//lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8//IkiWiki/Render.pm line 320
+ internal error: smileys.mdwn cannot be found in /home/turian/iki or underlay
+
+> > How do I resolve these errors? I have my PERL5LIB location set correctly.
+
+>>> Well, that's unrelated to the original question, but
+>>> I guess you should set `underlaydir` in your setup file to
+>>> point to whereever you have installed the basewiki directory.
+>>> --[[Joey]]