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Installing Gollum on FreeBSD Latest

Gollum is a simple and elegant wiki system for GitHub, and it is open-source. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Gollum on FreeBSD Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, ensure that you have the following installed on your FreeBSD Latest system:

• Ruby (version 2.3 or later)
• Git

Step 1: Install Ruby and Git

To install Ruby and Git on FreeBSD Latest, run the following command:

sudo pkg install ruby git

Step 2: Install the Gollum Gem

Now that you have Ruby and Git installed, you can install the Gollum gem. To do this, run the following command:

sudo gem install gollum

Step 3: Create the Gollum Wiki

Next, create a directory where you want to store your Gollum Wiki. For example, /var/gollum.

sudo mkdir /var/gollum

Now, navigate to the directory and initialize the Gollum Wiki by running the following command:

cd /var/gollum
sudo gollum --init

Step 4: Start the Gollum Wiki

To start the Gollum Wiki, run the following command:

sudo gollum

This will start the Gollum server on http://localhost:4567.

You can now visit http://localhost:4567 in your web browser to see the Gollum Wiki.

Conclusion

You have successfully installed Gollum on FreeBSD Latest. You can now use Gollum to create and manage your own Wikis. Happy editing!

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