Gitit is a wiki application that uses Git as a backend for storing pages and revisions. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install Gitit on FreeBSD Latest.
Before we proceed with the installation, make sure that your server has the following prerequisites installed:
To start, update the FreeBSD package repository with the following command:
sudo pkg update
Now, install Git and GHC using the following command:
sudo pkg install git ghc
Once done, check the installed version of git and ghc by running the following commands:
git --version
ghc --version
To install Gitit, we also need to install cabal-install. Run the following command to install it:
sudo pkg install cabal-install
Once installed, initialize the cabal installation directory by running the following command:
cabal update
Next, clone the Gitit repository from GitHub using the following command:
git clone git://github.com/jgm/gitit.git && cd gitit
Now, we will build Gitit with cabal. Run the following command:
cabal install --only-dependencies
cabal configure
cabal build
The above command will take some time to execute, so be patient. Once done, your Gitit application should be built successfully.
To run the Gitit application, execute the following command:
cabal run gitit -- --serve
Now, open your web browser and visit http://localhost:5001. You should see the Gitit wiki application running.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Gitit on FreeBSD Latest. You can now create and manage your own wiki pages using Gitit.
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