[pmwiki-users] FW: Installation Quest.: How to pt. web server to pmwiki.php script( thx to Peter/Neil, & Christian)

Jason Frisvold xenophage0 at gmail.com
Tue May 8 11:18:28 CDT 2007


On 5/7/07, Karina <texask at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think this is 1 of those cases where I don't know what I did to make it
> work, it's not working anymore...

*oops*  :)  It happens..  Let's get you up and running again...

> So once Jason said it was working, I went in and erased all the folders in my
> root besides the pmwikis folder I'm working out of above.
> Anyways, apparently I needed something, but don't know what.

Ok, pmwiki installation 101.  I think this will likely be the
*easiest* way for you to get a running system.

One quick caveat.  I'm assuming that you're using a unix based
operating system such as bsd or linux.  If not, then these directions
won't apply.

1) Remove all previous installations.  That includes any php files,
directories, etc.
2) Uncompress the pmwiki distro in the root directory :
  -  tar zxvf pmwiki-latest.tar.gz

Note the name of the directory it creates, it should be something like
pmwiki-2.2.0-beta45 or something similar.  All of the necessary files
are placed in that directory.  Right from this point, you should be
able to see the wiki working if you go to :

http://www.hispanic.org/<name of directory>/pmwiki.php

Now, since you want to base everything off the root directory, you
need to do the following :

3) Move everything from the directory created above into the root
directory.  This is easily done from the root directory using this
command :

mv <name of directory>/* .

Now that everything is in the root directory, you should be able to
see the wiki via this link :

http://www.hispanic.org/pmwiki.php

4) Not let's take this one step further and remove the need to specify
pmwiki.php.  What we'll do is create a soft link to the pmwiki.php
file like this :

ln -s pmwiki.php index.php

And now, you should be able to reach the wiki via :

http://www.hispanic.org

*Note* If you cannot see the wiki via the above link, try this one :

http://www.hispanic.org/index.php

If that one works, then the web server needs to be re-configured.  If
that's the case, let us know and we can help you with that as well.


You may get warnings about writeable directories when you view the
wiki for the first time.  The instructions listed in the warning
should be enough to help you get everything set up.  If not, let us
know and we can help.


As for the config file, it's not strictly necessary for a basic
install.  You can add the config file later on to make adjustments to
your base install as necessary.

> Apologies for my mistake.

It happens.  As long as you learn from it, we can forgive ya.  :)

> Karina

-- 
Jason 'XenoPhage' Frisvold
XenoPhage0 at gmail.com
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