X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/369cf45ace663f42960cea72f87e669ea81979cd..64c293044bedc77186bc47520ac346f1160e022d:/doc/install.mdwn diff --git a/doc/install.mdwn b/doc/install.mdwn index 22f1a3a39..40b7b4c5b 100644 --- a/doc/install.mdwn +++ b/doc/install.mdwn @@ -2,31 +2,55 @@ 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. +## Dependencies + 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). +5.10. (5.8.0 has been reported not to work). -Ikiwiki requires [[MarkDown]] and the `URI` and `HTML::Parser` perl -modules be installed, and also uses the following perl modules if -available: -`CGI::Session` `CGI::FormBuilder` (version 3.02.02 or newer) -`HTML::Template` `Mail::Sendmail` `Time::Duration` `Date::Parse`, -`HTML::Scrubber`, `RPC::XML`, `XML::Simple`, `XML::Feed`, `File::MimeInfo`. +It's recommended you have a C compiler, as ikiwiki uses one to build +wrappers. -The [[tla]] support also needs the `MailTools` perl module. +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 libraries and utlities; see their individual +Various [[plugins]] use other perl modules and utilities; see their individual documentation for details. -If you're installing MarkDown by hand, note that it should be installed as -`Markdown.pm` somewhere in perl's module search path, or alternately as -`/usr/bin/markdown`. Ikiwiki will find it under either name. +## Debian + +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: + + 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 -If you want to install from the tarball, you should make sure that the -required perl modules are installed, then run: +## Installing by hand - perl Makefile.PL # PREFIX=/dir to install elsewhere - make +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 +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")' + +Then to build and install ikiwiki: + + perl Makefile.PL # PREFIX=/dir to install elsewhere + make make test # optional - make install + make install + +If you're using a shared hosting provider, of the sort where you don't have +root, you can still install ikiwiki. There are tutorials covering this for +a few providers: -See [[download]] for where to get it. +* [[tips/NearlyFreeSpeech]] +* [[tips/DreamHost]]