PmWiki is a free and open-source wiki software that is widely used for creating and managing websites. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install PmWiki on Kali Linux, the latest version.
PmWiki requires an Apache web server to function. If you already have Apache installed, move to step 2. If not, open the terminal and run the following command to install Apache:
sudo apt-get install apache2
Once done, you can check the Apache version by running:
apache2 -v
PmWiki is written in PHP, so you need to install PHP on your system. To do this, open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt-get install php php-cgi libapache2-mod-php php-common php-pear php-mbstring
Once done, restart the Apache server:
sudo service apache2 restart
Next, download the latest version of PmWiki from the official website (https://www.pmwiki.org). You can either download and extract the archive manually or use the terminal command:
wget https://www.pmwiki.org/pub/pmwiki/pmwiki-latest.zip
This will download the latest version of PmWiki in a .zip format.
Extract the downloaded PmWiki archive using the terminal command:
sudo unzip pmwiki-latest.zip -d /var/www/html/
This will extract the PmWiki files to the /var/www/html/ directory.
To allow PmWiki to write data to its directories, set the permissions using the following command:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/pmwiki/
Next, you need to configure PmWiki for your web server. To do this, access the PmWiki installation from your web browser by visiting this URL: http://localhost/pmwiki/pmwiki.php.
You should see a page prompting you to set up PmWiki. Follow the instructions to configure your PmWiki installation.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed PmWiki on Kali Linux. You can now use PmWiki to create and manage your own wiki websites.
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