DokuWiki is a simple to use and highly versatile open-source wiki software that doesn't require a database. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing DokuWiki on Arch Linux.
Before we get started, you need to ensure that your system is updated and that you have sudo access.
DokuWiki is a web-based application that needs a webserver to run. Apache is the most popular and widely used webserver. If you don't have Apache installed, run the following command to install it.
sudo pacman -S apache
Once it's installed, start and enable the Apache service by running:
sudo systemctl enable --now httpd.service
Dokuwiki is developed in PHP, so we need to install it. Run the following command to install PHP along with other necessary dependencies:
sudo pacman -S php php-apache
Once it's installed, restart the Apache service:
sudo systemctl restart httpd
You can download the latest stable version of DokuWiki from the official website, or you can use the following command to download and extract it:
wget https://download.dokuwiki.org/src/dokuwiki/dokuwiki-stable.tgz
tar -xzf dokuwiki-stable.tgz
mv dokuwiki-* /srv/http/dokuwiki
Now we need to create a configuration file for DokuWiki in Apache's configuration directory:
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/extra/dokuwiki.conf
Add the following lines to the file:
Alias /dokuwiki /srv/http/dokuwiki/
<Directory /srv/http/dokuwiki>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
Save and close the file.
Dokuwiki uses a URL rewriting feature for SEO-friendly URLs. We need to enable the rewrite module in Apache. To do so, run the following command:
sudo a2enmod rewrite
To apply the changes, we need to restart the Apache service:
sudo systemctl restart httpd
Now we can access DokuWiki by visiting http://your-ip-address/dokuwiki in the web browser.
In this tutorial, we've demonstrated how to install DokuWiki on Arch Linux. You can now proceed to customize and use DokuWiki to create and manage your wikis.
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