How to Install TWiki on POP! OS Latest

TWiki is a popular open-source wiki application that allows you to collaborate with your colleagues or friends on the web. In this tutorial, we’ll guide you through the process of installing TWiki on POP! OS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we start, you’ll need the following:

• A system with POP! OS Latest installed
• A command-line interface

Installation Steps

1. Update the package manager:

sudo apt-get update

2. Install the required packages by running the following command:

sudo apt-get install apache2 libapache2-mod-perl2 libalgorithm-diff-perl libalgorithm-diff-xs-perl libalgorithm-merge-perl libcgi-emulate-psgi-perl libcgi-fast-perl libcgi-pm-perl libconfig-inifiles-perl libdata-dumper-simple-perl libdatetime-format-strptime-perl libdatetime-perl libemail-address-perl libfile-copy-recursive-perl libfile-slurp-perl libhtml-parser-perl libhtml-tagset-perl libio-string-perl liblocale-maketext-lexicon-perl liblocale-maketext-perl liblocale-po-perl libnet-smtp-ssl-perl libperl4-corelibs-perl libregexp-common-perl libtext-diff-perl libthai-perl libtimedate-perl liburi-perl libwww-perl libxml-libxml-perl libxml-namespacesupport-perl libxml-sax-base-perl libxml-sax-expat-perl libxml-sax-perl libxml-simple-perl libyaml-libyaml-perl

3. Download the latest version of TWiki from the official website using the following command:

wget https://twiki.org/Downloads/TWikiVM/TWikiVMVirtualAppliance/TWikiVMVirtualAppliance-7.4.4-VMware.ova

4. Extract the downloaded file:

tar -zxvf TWikiVMVirtualAppliance-7.4.4-VMware.ova

5. Move the extracted files to the "/var/www/html" directory:

sudo mv TWikiVMVirtualAppliance-7.4.4-VMware /var/www/html/twiki

6. Set the ownership of the "twiki" directory to "www-data":

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/twiki

7. Navigate to the "/var/www/html/twiki/bin" directory:

cd /var/www/html/twiki/bin

8. Run the following command to make the "view" script executable:

chmod +x view

9. Start the Apache service:

sudo systemctl start apache2

10. Open your web browser and go to "http://localhost/twiki".

Congratulations! You have successfully installed TWiki on your POP! OS Latest system. You can now start using this powerful wiki application to collaborate with your colleagues or friends.

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