In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing WikiSuite on Arch Linux.
Before we start, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
Open the terminal and run the following command to update the system:
sudo pacman -Syu
This command will update the package list and upgrade the system.
WikiSuite requires several packages to be installed on your system. We need to install all these packages using the following command:
sudo pacman -S apache php php-apache mariadb unzip git
This command will install Apache web server, PHP, PHP extensions required for Apache, MariaDB database server, unzip utility, and Git.
Next, we need to download WikiSuite from the official website. Open the terminal and run the following command:
wget https://wikisuite.org/IMG/tarball/wikisuite-21.01.tar.gz
This command will download the latest version of the WikiSuite compressed file. Once the download completes, extract the downloaded file using the following command:
tar -xzvf wikisuite-21.01.tar.gz
This command will extract the content of the compressed file to the wikisuite-21.01 directory.
We need to configure the Apache web server to use the WikiSuite files. Open the terminal and run the following command to edit the Apache configuration file:
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
Add the following lines at the end of this file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "/path/to/wikisuite-21.01"
ServerName your_domain_name_or_IP
<Directory "/path/to/wikisuite-21.01">
AllowOverride All
Options FollowSymLinks
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Note: Replace /path/to/wikisuite-21.01 with the path of the extracted WikiSuite directory, and your_domain_name_or_IP with your Arch Linux system's Domain name or IP address.
We need to configure the MariaDB database for WikiSuite. Run the following command in the terminal to start the MariaDB service:
sudo systemctl start mariadb
Run the following command to secure the MariaDB installation:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
Follow the on-screen instructions to answer the questions, set the root password, and remove the anonymous user, test database, and remote root login.
Next, run the following command to log in to the MariaDB server:
mysql -u root -p
Enter your root password and press Enter.
Create a new database for WikiSuite using the following command:
CREATE DATABASE wikisuite;
Create a new user with a strong password using the following command:
CREATE USER 'wikisuite'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
Note: Replace password with a strong password.
Grant all permissions to the user with the following command:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wikisuite.* TO 'wikisuite'@'localhost';
Flush the privileges using the following command:
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Exit MariaDB using the following command:
exit
We have configured MariaDB and Apache web server, now we need to install WikiSuite. Navigate to the extracted wikisuite-21.01 directory and run the following command:
sudo ./install.sh
This command will start the installation process. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
Once the installation completes, open your web browser and go to http://your_domain_name_or_IP (Replace your_domain_name_or_IP with your Arch Linux system's Domain name or IP address) to access the WikiSuite dashboard.
You have successfully installed WikiSuite on Arch Linux. You can now create your own WikiSuite instance and start collaborating with your team. If you have any queries, please leave a comment below.
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