How to Install Gollum on Linux Mint Latest

In this tutorial, we will go through the process of installing Gollum on Linux Mint Latest.

Requirements

Before we start with the installation, we need to make sure that we have the following requirements:

Steps

Step 1: Update and Upgrade

Before we start with the installation, let's make sure that our system is up-to-date. We can do this by running the following command:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

Step 2: Install Ruby

We need to make sure that we have Ruby installed on our system. We can check if Ruby is installed by running the following command:

ruby -v

If Ruby is not installed, we can install it by running the following command:

sudo apt install ruby

Step 3: Install Git

We need to have Git installed on our system in order to clone the Gollum repository. We can install Git by running the following command:

sudo apt install git

Step 4: Clone the Gollum Repository

Now, let's clone the Gollum repository by running the following command:

git clone https://github.com/gollum/gollum.git

This will clone the Gollum repository to our current working directory.

Step 5: Install Gollum

Now, let's install Gollum by running the following command:

cd gollum
sudo gem install gollum

This will install Gollum on our system.

Step 6: Launch Gollum

To launch Gollum, we need to navigate to the directory where we want to create our wiki and run the following command:

cd /path/to/your/wiki
gollum

This will launch Gollum and create a new wiki in the current directory.

Step 7: Access Gollum

To access Gollum, open your web browser and go to the following URL:

http://localhost:4567

This will open the Gollum wiki page in your web browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have learned how to install Gollum on Linux Mint Latest. We have also learned how to launch Gollum and access the new wiki in our web browser.

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