X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/be89d6749eca74a3cfe80a86fa8416e8c8a2367b..2a8e2af9a2bc131db3f966f8235cd743da84b83e:/doc/tips/nearlyfreespeech.mdwn?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/doc/tips/nearlyfreespeech.mdwn b/doc/tips/nearlyfreespeech.mdwn index 3a389ca3a..6715f0c29 100644 --- a/doc/tips/nearlyfreespeech.mdwn +++ b/doc/tips/nearlyfreespeech.mdwn @@ -42,7 +42,12 @@ Use `wget` to [[download]] the ikiwiki tarball. Then unpack it: ## Install perl modules -Use CPAN to install the perl modules it uses into your home directory: +As an optional step, you can use CPAN to install the perl modules ikiwiki +uses into your home directory. This should not be necessary, mostly, +because the system has most modules installed already. + +So, you might want to skip this step and come back to it later if ikiwiki +doesn't work. PERL5LIB=`pwd`/ikiwiki:`pwd`/ikiwiki/cpan:`pwd`/lib/perl5 PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT=1 perl -MCPAN -e 'CPAN::Shell->install("Bundle::IkiWiki")' @@ -71,16 +76,15 @@ Here is an example of how I set up a wiki: mkdir ~/wiki cd ~/wiki - cp ~/ikiwiki/doc/ikiwiki.setup . cp -r ~/ikiwiki/doc/examples/blog/* . + ikiwiki -dumpsetup ikiwiki.setup nano ikiwiki.setup # Set destdir to /home/htdocs # Set srcdir to /home/private/wiki # Set url to http://yoursite.nfshost.com/ , set cgiurl likewise - # Uncomment the `rcs => "git"` line, and the cgi and git - # post-update wrapper blocks. - # Set the cgi wrapper path to /home/htdocs/ikiwiki.cgi - # Set the git wrapper path to /home/private/wiki.git/hooks/post-update + # Uncomment the `rcs => "git"` line. + # Set the cgi_wrapper path to /home/htdocs/ikiwiki.cgi + # Set the git_wrapper path to /home/private/wiki.git/hooks/post-update # Configure the rest to your liking and save the file. ikiwiki-makerepo git . ../wiki.git ikiwiki -setup ikiwiki.setup @@ -94,7 +98,7 @@ dollars. rm -rf ~/ikiwiki*.tar.gz ~/.cpan ~/ikiwiki ~/man ~/lib/perl5/5.8.8 -That should cut things down to less than 4 megabytes. If you want to save +That should cut things down to less than 2 megabytes. If you want to save even more space, delete unused perl modules from ~/lib/perl5 ## Enjoy!