How to Install WiKiss on EndeavourOS

WiKiss is a lightweight wiki engine that allows users to create and edit wiki pages. In this guide, we will learn how to install WiKiss on EndeavourOS.

Prerequisites

Before we move onto the installation process, make sure that you have the following requirements:

• A working EndeavourOS system
• A sudo user account

Step 1: Update System

Let's start by ensuring that our system is up to date. Open the terminal and issue the following command:

$ sudo pacman -Syu

This command will download and install the latest updates available.

Step 2: Install Required Dependencies

WiKiss requires PHP and a web server to run. You can install them both at once by installing apache, php, php-apache and php-gd packages. Run the following command to install them:

$ sudo pacman -S apache php php-apache php-gd

Step 3: Install WiKiss

Once the required dependencies are installed, you can download the latest version of WiKiss from their official website. As of now, the latest version is 0.5.2. Download the WiKiss zip file using the following command:

$ wget https://git.tuxfamily.org/wikiss/wikiss.git/snapshot/wikiss-0.5.2.tar.gz

Extract the downloaded archive using the following command:

$ tar xzf wikiss-0.5.2.tar.gz

Copy the contents of the extracted folder to the web server's document root directory using the following command:

$ sudo cp -r wikiss-0.5.2/* /srv/http/

Step 4: Configure WiKiss

Now that WiKiss is installed, we need to configure it to suit our specific environment.

First, rename the params.dist.php configuration file to params.php:

$ cd /srv/http/config/
$ sudo mv params.dist.php params.php

Next, open the params.php configuration file:

$ sudo nano params.php

Configure the params.php file to suit your environment. The following are some important variables that you may need to modify according to your needs:

• $wikiss_site_name - The name of the wiki site
• $wikiss_admin_email - The email address of the wiki administrator
• $game_auth_mode - The authentication mode you want to use i.e. 0 - no authentication, 1 - basic authentication, and 2 - LDAP authentication
• $wikiss_users - Configure the user accounts

Once you're done with the configuration, save the changes and exit the editor.

Step 5: Configure HTTPD

We need to configure Apache HTTPD to serve WiKiss pages correctly. Open the HTTPD configuration file with the following command:

$ sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Add the following lines at the end of the file:

LoadModule php_module modules/libphp.so
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

<Directory "/srv/http">
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
</Directory>

Save the changes and exit the editor.

Step 6: Start HTTPD

Finally, we can start the HTTPD service so that we can access WiKiss through our web browser. Run the following command to start the service:

$ sudo systemctl start httpd

Step 7: Access WiKiss

Open your web browser and go to the following URL to access WiKiss:

http://localhost/

You should see the WiKiss homepage. Congratulations! You have successfully installed WiKiss on EndeavourOS.

Conclusion

WiKiss is a lightweight and intuitive wiki engine that allows users to create and edit wiki pages. In this tutorial, we have learned how to install WiKiss on EndeavourOS. We started by updating the system, installing the required dependencies, downloading and installing WiKiss, configuring the software, configuring HTTPD, and, finally, starting the service. We hope that this guide was helpful to you.

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