In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install WackoWiki on POP! OS Latest. WackoWiki is a powerful and extensible wiki engine that allows you to create and manage wikis, blogs, and websites.
sudo privilegesBefore installing WackoWiki, it's essential to update your system packages to the latest version. Open the terminal window and run the following command to update the system packages.
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
WackoWiki requires a web server to serve the pages. In this step, we will install the Apache2 web server. Run the following command to install the Apache2 server.
sudo apt install apache2 -y
Next, we need to install a database server to store the WackoWiki data. In this tutorial, we will install the MySQL database server. Run the following command to install the MySQL server.
sudo apt install mysql-server -y
After installing the MySQL database server, we need to create a new database and user. Run the following command to log in to the MySQL server.
sudo mysql -u root
After logging in to the MySQL server, run the following commands to create a new database, user, and grant privileges.
CREATE DATABASE wackowiki;
CREATE USER 'wackouser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wackowiki.* TO 'wackouser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
WackoWiki is built with PHP, so we need to install PHP and some extensions to run the WackoWiki. Run the following command to install PHP and required extensions.
sudo apt install php libapache2-mod-php php-curl php-gd php-mysql -y
In this step, we will download and install WackoWiki. Run the following commands to download the WackoWiki.
sudo wget https://wackowiki.org/download/wackowiki-5.5.10.zip
sudo unzip wackowiki-5.5.10.zip -d /var/www/html/
After extracting the WackoWiki, run the following command to give permission to the webserver to write to the cache directory.
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/wackowiki-5.5.10/cache
In this step, we will configure the Apache web server to serve the WackoWiki pages. Run the following command to create a new Apache configuration file.
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/wackowiki.conf
Add the below lines in the file.
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/wackowiki-5.5.10
ServerName yourservername.com
<Directory /var/www/html/wackowiki-5.5.10>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file.
After configuring the Apache, run the following command to enable the new configuration.
sudo a2ensite wackowiki.conf
Then, restart the Apache server to apply the changes.
sudo systemctl restart apache2
In this step, we will configure the WackoWiki. Open the web browser and go to http://yourservername.com/ (replace yourservername.com with your server name or IP address).
You will see the WackoWiki installation page. Follow the instructions and fill the required details like MySQL database name, user, and password.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed WackoWiki on POP! OS Latest.
In this tutorial, you have learned how to install WackoWiki on POP! OS Latest. You have also learned how to configure the Apache webserver, MySQL database server and PHP with required extensions.
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