Installing Oddmuse on macOS

Oddmuse is a wiki engine written in Perl that can run on your local machine. Here is a step-by-step tutorial on how to install Oddmuse on macOS.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have Perl installed on your macOS. You can check this by opening your terminal application and typing:

perl -v

If Perl is not installed, you can download it from the official website https://www.perl.org/.

Installing Oddmuse

1. Download Oddmuse from the official website https://oddmuse.org/download.html. You can download either the stable or the development version, depending on your preference.

2. Extract the downloaded file to your desired location. For example, if you want to extract it to your home directory, you can run the following command:

   tar -xzf oddmuse-VERSION.tar.gz -C ~/
   

   Replace VERSION with the version number of the downloaded file.

3. Open your terminal application and navigate to the extracted directory:

   cd ~/oddmuse-VERSION/
   

4. Run the installation script:

   perl oddmuse_install.pl
   

   This will guide you through the installation process, asking you several questions such as the name of your wiki and the port number you want to use.

   If you want to use the default settings, simply press enter for each question.

5. After the installation is complete, start the Oddmuse server by running:

   perl oddmuse.pl
   

6. Open your web browser and go to http://localhost:PORT, where PORT is the port number you specified during the installation process. You should now see your Oddmuse wiki.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Oddmuse on your macOS. You can now start customizing your wiki and adding content.

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