In this tutorial, we will go through the process of installing a wiki from https://git.mills.io/prologic/wiki on Debian Latest. The wiki software we will be installing is named "Sopython".
Before proceeding with the installation, you will need to have the following:
It is recommended to update the system before beginning the installation process. To do so, enter the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
The Sopython wiki has several dependencies that need to be installed before we can proceed. To install these dependencies, execute the following commands:
sudo apt install python3 python3-dev python3-pip libpq-dev libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev libffi-dev libssl-dev
Now we need to clone the Sopython Git repository. To do so, run the following command:
git clone https://git.mills.io/prologic/wiki.git
This will create a new folder named wiki
in your current directory.
Navigate to the wiki/sopython
directory. Inside this directory, you will find a requirements.txt
file that contains a list of required Python packages that need to be installed.
Run the following command to install these packages:
sudo -H pip3 install -r requirements.txt
This may take some time.
Sopython requires a PostgreSQL database to store data. If you do not have PostgreSQL installed, execute the following command:
sudo apt install postgresql
After installing PostgreSQL, create a new database and user for Sopython. To do so, execute the following commands:
sudo su - postgres
psql
This should launch the PostgreSQL shell. From within the shell, execute the following commands to create a new database and user:
CREATE DATABASE sopython;
CREATE USER sopythonuser WITH PASSWORD 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE sopython to sopythonuser;
Make sure to replace password
with a strong password for the sopythonuser
.
Exit the PostgreSQL shell by pressing Ctrl + D
.
Navigate to the wiki/sopython/sopython/settings
directory. Inside this directory, you will find a local_settings.py.example
file. Make a copy of this file and name it local_settings.py
.
cp local_settings.py.example local_settings.py
Edit the local_settings.py
file with your text editor of choice. Replace the following variables with the appropriate values:
SECRET_KEY
: a secret key for your applicationDATABASES
: the settings for your PostgreSQL databaseBefore we can run the wiki, we need to create the necessary database tables. To do so, navigate to the wiki/sopython
directory and run the following command:
python3 manage.py migrate
Create a superuser for the wiki by executing the following command within the wiki/sopython
directory:
python3 manage.py createsuperuser
Follow the prompts to create a new superuser account.
Finally, run the wiki using the following command from within the wiki/sopython
directory:
python3 manage.py runserver
The wiki should now be accessible at http://127.0.0.1:8000/.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Sopython wiki from https://git.mills.io/prologic/wiki on Debian Latest!
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