Pepperminty Wiki is a lightweight and fully customizable wiki software that one can install on their local machine or web server. It utilizes Markdown formatting and can be easily deployed with minimal setup.
In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Pepperminty Wiki on Elementary OS Latest.
Before installing Pepperminty Wiki, make sure you have the following:
First, open your terminal and update your package list by running the following command:
sudo apt-get update
Next, install the required packages by running the following command:
sudo apt-get install php7.4-cli php7.4-intl php7.4-mbstring php7.4-sqlite3
Next, you need to install and configure the Apache web server. Type the following command in your terminal:
sudo apt-get install apache2
Once installed, you can edit the default Apache configuration file by running the following command:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf
Add the following lines under the DocumentRoot /var/www/html line:
<Directory /var/www/html>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
Save the changes by pressing CTRL + X, followed by Y and ENTER. Restart the Apache service by typing the following command:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Now, navigate to the /var/www/html directory using the following command:
cd /var/www/html/
Next, clone the Pepperminty Wiki repository from GitHub using the following command:
sudo git clone https://github.com/sbrl/Pepperminty-Wiki.git
In this step, you will configure Pepperminty Wiki to work with Apache.
Open the config.php file located in the Pepperminty-Wiki directory using the following command:
sudo nano /var/www/html/Pepperminty-Wiki/config.php
Edit the following lines:
$config['base-url'] = 'http://localhost/wiki/';
$config['data-dir'] = '/var/lib/nginx/data/wiki/';
Update the base-url to match your URL. For example, if your IP address is 192.168.0.100 and you want the wiki to be accessible from the root directory, set the base-url to http://192.168.0.100/.
Also update the data-dir to point to the data directory where the wiki files will be stored. In our case, we are using /var/lib/nginx/data/wiki/.
Save the changes by pressing CTRL + X, followed by Y and ENTER.
Finally, open your web browser and navigate to the URL you set for the base-url in the config.php file. You should see the Pepperminty Wiki homepage.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed and configured Pepperminty Wiki on Elementary OS Latest. You can now start adding and editing markdown files. Enjoy!
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