How to Install Oddmuse on Ubuntu Server Latest

Oddmuse is a wiki engine written in Perl that is designed to be simple, easy to use, and flexible. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Oddmuse on Ubuntu Server Latest.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with this tutorial, you need to make sure that you have the following prerequisites:

• A server running Ubuntu Server Latest
• A sudo user account
• Basic knowledge of using the command line interface

Step 1 - Update your system

First, start by updating your system to make sure all the packages are up to date.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Step 2 - Install packages

Before installing Oddmuse, you need to install some packages that are required for Oddmuse to work, including web server software, Perl modules, and a few other libraries.

To install the packages, run the following command:

sudo apt-get install apache2 libapache2-mod-perl2 liburi-perl \
libhtml-parser-perl libhtml-template-perl \
libdigest-sha-perl libhtml-scrubber-perl \
libhtml-tagset-perl libfile-slurp-perl \
libalgorithm-diff-xs-perl libalgorithm-diff-perl \
libtext-diff-perl libcgi-pm-perl \
libtime-modules-perl libappconfig-perl \
libfile-sharedir-perl libclass-load-perl

Step 3 - Download and install Oddmuse

Now that you have installed the required packages, you can proceed to download and install Oddmuse.

To download Oddmuse, run the following command:

wget https://oddmuse.org/download/oddmuse-latest.tar.gz

Next, extract the downloaded file:

tar -xzvf oddmuse-latest.tar.gz

Now, move the extracted files to the document root of your web server:

sudo mv oddmuse-* /var/www/html/oddmuse

Step 4 - Configure Apache

In this step, you need to configure Apache to serve the Oddmuse wiki.

First, create a new Apache configuration file for your wiki:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/oddmuse.conf

Paste the following configuration:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName your-domain.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/oddmuse
    <Directory /var/www/html/oddmuse>
        AllowOverride All
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Make sure to replace your-domain.com with your actual domain name.

Save and close the file.

Next, enable the new configuration file:

sudo a2ensite oddmuse.conf

Finally, restart the Apache service to apply the changes:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 5 - Configure Oddmuse

In this step, you need to configure Oddmuse to work with your web server.

Navigate to the oddmuse directory:

cd /var/www/html/oddmuse

Next, copy the config.pl.default file to config.pl:

cp config.pl.default config.pl

Edit the config.pl file:

sudo nano config.pl

Change the following settings:

• $ScriptName - set to the location of your Oddmuse installation (e.g., /oddmuse)
• $LocaLink - set to your actual domain name
• $UseJavascript - set to 1 if you want to enable JavaScript

Save and close the file.

Step 6 - Access your Oddmuse wiki

Now that you have installed and configured Oddmuse, you can access your wiki by navigating to your domain name in your web browser.

For example, if your domain name is mydomain.com, then you can access your wiki by navigating to:

http://mydomain.com/oddmuse

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Oddmuse on Ubuntu Server Latest.

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