Gitit is an open-source wiki software, written in Haskell, that allows you to create a wiki on your own computer or server. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Gitit on Elementary OS.
Before we begin, we need to make sure that our system is up-to-date and we have the necessary packages installed on our system.
To update our system, we can use the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
To install the necessary packages, we can use the following command:
sudo apt install haskell-platform libghc-zlib-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libssl-dev
First, we need to clone the Gitit repository from GitHub:
git clone https://github.com/jgm/gitit.git
Once the repository is cloned, change your current directory to the gitit folder:
cd gitit
The next step is to build Gitit. To build Gitit, run the following command:
stack build
This command will download and install all the necessary dependencies for Gitit and build the application.
After the build is complete, we need to install Gitit. To install Gitit, run the following command:
stack install
This command will install Gitit on your system.
Finally, we need to create a configuration file for Gitit. To create a configuration file, run the following command:
gitit --print-default-config > config
Now, you can edit the configuration file as per your requirements.
After the installation is complete, we can run Gitit using the following command:
gitit -f config
This will start the Gitit server, and you can access the Gitit wiki at http://localhost:5001/ in your web browser.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Gitit on your Elementary OS system.
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