DokuWiki is a popular wiki software that allows users to easily create, edit, and collaborate on web-based documentation. This tutorial will walk you through the process of installing DokuWiki on Linux Mint Latest.
Before installing DokuWiki, make sure your system meets the following requirements:
To install MySQL on your Linux Mint system, run the following commands in your terminal:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install mysql-server
During the installation, you will be prompted to set a password for the MySQL root user.
To install Apache and PHP on your system, run the following commands in your terminal:
sudo apt install apache2 php php-mysql
After the installation is complete, start Apache service by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start apache2
You can now verify Apache is running by visiting http://localhost in your web browser.
Download the latest version of DokuWiki from the official website https://download.dokuwiki.org/get?id=dokuwiki-stable.tgz.
Once you have downloaded DokuWiki, navigate to the directory where the downloaded file resides in your terminal and extract the contents of the file using the following command:
tar xvfz dokuwiki-stable.tgz
Move the extracted contents to the web server's root directory using the following command:
sudo mv dokuwiki-*/ /var/www/html/dokuwiki
To create a MySQL database for DokuWiki, log in to the MySQL server using the following command:
mysql -u root -p
Enter your MySQL password when prompted, and then create a new database for DokuWiki using the following command:
CREATE DATABASE dokuwiki;
Create a new MySQL user and password for DokuWiki using the following command:
CREATE USER 'dokuwiki'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
Grant privileges to the new user for the new database using the following command:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON dokuwiki.* TO 'dokuwiki'@'localhost';
Finally, flush the privileges so that MySQL reloads the grant tables:
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Exit the MySQL prompt using the following command:
exit
Navigate to the DokuWiki directory using the following command:
cd /var/www/html/dokuwiki
Rename the dokuwiki.php file to index.php using the following command:
sudo mv dokuwiki.php index.php
Change the ownership of the DokuWiki directory to the Apache user using the following command:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/dokuwiki
Copy the conf/local.php.dist file to conf/local.php using the following command:
sudo cp conf/local.php.dist conf/local.php
Edit the conf/local.php file using nano (a command-line text editor) by running the following command:
sudo nano conf/local.php
Find the following lines:
$conf['superuser'] = '@admin';
$conf['passcrypt'] = ''; #optional, but recommended
Modify the superuser line with your desired username and password. Save and exit the file.
You can now access DokuWiki by visiting http://localhost/dokuwiki in your web browser. Congratulations! You have successfully installed DokuWiki on your Linux Mint system.
In this tutorial, we covered the process of installing DokuWiki on Linux Mint. This is just one of the many tools available for managing documentation and collaborating with others. We hope you find this tutorial helpful!
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