This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing PmWiki on NetBSD. PmWiki is a free and open-source wiki software that allows you to easily create and manage wikis.
Before starting the installation process, you need to make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
PmWiki is built on PHP, so the first step is to install it along with some necessary extensions. Open your terminal and run the following command:
sudo pkgin install php73
sudo pkgin install php73-gd php73-curl php73-json php73-mbstring php73-zip
This will install PHP along with required extensions.
PmWiki needs a database to store its content. You can use either MySQL or SQLite. For this tutorial, we will install SQLite. Run the following command to install it:
sudo pkgin install sqlite
Now, create a new SQLite database by running the following command:
sudo sqlite3 /var/db/pmwiki.db
Create the necessary tables by copy-pasting the following query into the SQLite prompt:
CREATE TABLE wiki (
pagename TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
latest_version INTEGER,
edit_time DATETIME,
edit_info BLOB,
ctime DATETIME,
mtime DATETIME,
hits INTEGER,
content BLOB
);
Exit the SQLite prompt by typing .exit.
Download the latest version of PmWiki from the official website by running the following command:
curl -O https://www.pmwiki.org/pub/pmwiki/pmwiki-latest.tgz
Extract the downloaded archive by running the following command:
tar -xvzf pmwiki-latest.tgz
Now, move the extracted pmwiki directory to your web server root directory:
sudo mv pmwiki /var/www/html/
Create a new configuration file for PmWiki by copying the sample configuration file:
sudo cp /var/www/html/pmwiki/local/config.php.sample /var/www/html/pmwiki/local/config.php
Now, open the config.php file using your favorite text editor:
sudo nano /var/www/html/pmwiki/local/config.php
In this file, you need to configure the database connection by adding the following lines:
$WikiLibDirs = array(
sys_get_temp_dir().'/pmwiki',
$FarmD.'/wikilib.d',
);
$DBAuthConfig['dsn'] = 'sqlite:/var/db/pmwiki.db';
$DBAuthConfig['authuser'] = '';
$DBAuthConfig['authpw'] = '';
Save and close the file.
You can now navigate to your PmWiki installation by opening your web browser and entering the following URL:
http://your-server-name/pmwiki/
You should see the PmWiki installation page, which means that your installation was successful.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install PmWiki on NetBSD. You can now start using PmWiki to create and manage wikis.
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