TiddlyWiki is a free, open-source, non-linear personal web notebook that can be used for creating interactive content. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install TiddlyWiki on Alpine Linux Latest.
Before we begin, ensure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your system:
To update the package lists on your Alpine Linux Latest, run the following command:
sudo apk update
TiddlyWiki requires Node.js to run. To install Node.js on Alpine Linux Latest, run the following command:
sudo apk add nodejs
To download and install TiddlyWiki, run the following command:
sudo npm install -g tiddlywiki
Next, create a folder where you want to store your TiddlyWiki files by running the following command:
mkdir mywiki
Now that we have installed TiddlyWiki and created a directory for our wiki files, we need to configure TiddlyWiki. To do this, we will create a new wiki by running the following command:
tiddlywiki mywiki --init server
This command will create a new TiddlyWiki instance in your "mywiki" directory and initialize the server.
To start the TiddlyWiki server, run the following command:
tiddlywiki mywiki --listen
This command will start the TiddlyWiki server and make it available to access via your web browser.
To access TiddlyWiki on your web browser, open your favorite web browser and enter the following URL in the address bar:
http://localhost:8080/
This will open your TiddlyWiki and you can start adding content.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed TiddlyWiki on Alpine Linux Latest. You can now use TiddlyWiki as a non-linear personal web notebook and create interactive content.
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