1 I just attempted to install ikiwiki on my debian server (sudo aptitude install ikiwiki, followed by an attempt with apt-get just in case). However, the only file created in /etc/ikiwiki is the 'wikilist' file, which makes following the rest of the install instructions difficult. I was not able to quickly locate a place to dl the .setup files, either.
3 Thought you'd like to know.
6 I just went through the standard procedure described for setup, copied the blog directory from examples into my source directory, ran ikiwiki, and everything seems to have worked, except that none of the
7 [[!meta ... ]] tags get converted. They simply show up in the html files unformatted, with no exclamation point, and with p tags around them. Any ideas? using ikiwiki version 2.40 on freebsd --mjg
9 > The meta plugin is not enabled by default. It's pulled in by the
10 > goodstuff plugin, so add one or the other to the add_plugins line in your
11 > config file. --[[Joey]]
13 Can the instructions for using `ikiwiki-makerepo` be clarified. This
14 command wants to create folders in the directory it is run in. Which
15 directory should that be - `$SRCDIR?` --Andy
17 > No, `ikiwiki-makerepo` does not create directories in the current
18 > directory. You specify the directory you want it to create and it creates
19 > the directory and makes it into a repository. The setup instuctions have
20 > examples of doing this. I don't see anything unclear. --[[Joey]]
22 Sorry, was not precise enough. It does if you are using the git option. I
23 believe this is partially explained on the rcs/git/ page. However I'm still
24 not totally clear where I should run the command when using git. If I
25 should be in $SRCDIR then updating the instructions to something like
29 ikiwiki-makerepo git $SCDIR $REPOSITORY
31 might clear things up a little. Apologies if I'm being a bit dim, learning
32 ikiwiki and git at same time :)
36 1. mkdir $REP cd $REP run command (says $REP already exists so won't run)
37 2. rm -rf $REP cd $SRC run command (creates a repository in $SRC, does not create $REP ends with "remote origin already exists"
38 3. mkdir $TMP cd $TMP run command (creates a repository in $SRC/.git creates a repository in $TMP, does nothing to $REP, ends with "remote origin already exists".
40 Version of ikiwiki installed is package from Ubuntu/Hardy 2.19
41 Git version is 1.5.2.5
43 n.b. svn version of command worked fine :)
47 > Initialized empty shared Git repository in /home/deploy/tmp/
48 > Initialized empty Git repository in .git/
49 > fatal: '/home/deploy/tmp/repo': unable to chdir or not a git archive
51 Looks like your git does not support GIT_DIR being used with git-init. I
52 see some mentions of changes in git's changelog for 1.5.3 that look
53 relevant. I've changed ikiwiki-makerepo to use a method more portable to
54 older versions of git. --[[Joey]]
56 Many thanks Joey, upgraded my git, and now have working iki :) -- Andy
60 It isn't intended that .ikiwiki be versioned, is it? Do you have a svn:ignore set?
61 Is there some magic way you can make the svn commands (and presumably commands for
62 the other VCSs here) ignore the .ikiwiki directory during step 8, when they import it?
63 If not, maybe a note should be made that the user should delete this file before
66 > No, .ikiwiki should not be versioned, and a svn:ignore of it is reasonable,
67 > although probably too much noise for the setup instructions.
68 > I've switched to a different method that preserves .ikiwiki, w/o checking
73 These instructions should probably show how to use a bare Git repository
74 (`GIT_DIR=somewhere.git git-init-db`) rather than a repository with a full
75 working copy. You can always clone the repository if you want your own local
76 working copy. Furthermore, this allows you to make multiple commits to your
77 working copy before pushing them to the repository and causing the wiki to
78 update. --[[JoshTriplett]]
80 > I'm currently testing and running such a setup. --[[tschwinge]]
82 Furthermore the git instructions should be changed to move the *.ikiwiki*
83 directory back into the wiki's working copy directory, isn't it? --[[tschwinge]]
85 > Yes, I think so. I will clean these instructions up unless somebody tells me we're missing something fundamental. --[[BartMassey]]
87 >> Either you do it or I'll do it somewhen soon. --[[tschwinge]]
91 Curious as to why support for CVS is not built in. --[[Luther]]
93 > See [[todo/CVS_backend|todo/CVS_backend]], but you might consider switching to a better version control system. --[[JoshTriplett]]
97 What is the syntax for specifying the adminuser as an openid user? I've tried a couple things but I'm missing something. Thanks for any pointers. -- [[AdamShand]]
99 > Just put the openid url in there. It has to be the full url with
100 > "http://". --[[Joey]]
104 I apologize if this is the incorrect forum for this question, but I am trying to get ikiwiki set up and running with git. I followed all the directions and all seems to work until I go back and try to make changes. The steps I am performing:
106 cd $SRCDIR (e.g. ~/ikisrc)
107 vim index.mdwn (add a couple lines)
108 git commit -a -m 'test'
111 I then get a long error message which reads in part "You asked me to pull without telling me which branch you
112 want to merge with, and 'branch.master.merge' in your configuration file does not tell me either." From that point on, I get:
114 sws@odin:~/dev/ikisrc$ git push
115 To /home/git/repos/myikiwiki.git
116 ! [rejected] master -> master (non-fast forward)
117 error: failed to push to '/home/git/repos/myikiwiki.git'
119 If I do a git clone ssh://odin/path/to/$REPOSITORY from another machine and try to edit I get the same error sequence. What am I doing wrong?
123 I follow every steps of the setup procedure, change some templates and tried to modify some page through the web but was not able to do so. Every page seems to be locked by the adminuser user. When I remove the adminuser in the setup file, every ran fine. Did I miss something ? What is exactly the adminuser supposed to be allowed to ? Is he the only user allowed to modify pages ?
125 > This was a bug in ikwiki that was fixed in version 2.44. --[[Joey]]
128 I hope you guys can put up with an absolute newbie. I am fairly new to linux and completely new to Perl. I have just installed MoinMoin locally in my PC, running ubuntu 8.4 and was about to use it until I ran into your ikiwiki. I thought ikiwiki is a better fit for what I want to do, so am seriously considering installing it as well in ubuntu. Except that the install seems way beyond my understanding.
130 Do i need to install git first? Which git -- the git-core? Ubuntu's instructions on installing the git-core is: "sudo apt-get install git-core". Is that it? Do I need to do a git-init as well, or will the ikiwiki-makerepo handle that? If I have to do a git-init as well, what --share values should I specify?
132 It seems I will have to install the ikiwiki from the tar.gz file. I have downloaded it, but do I need to install CPAN or CPAN++ first? That doesn't sound right. I am totally confused already. Does anyone have some install documents pitched to someone as ignorant as I am? -- [[WillDioneda]]
134 > Ubuntu includes ikiwiki (in universe, I assume), so you should just be
135 > able to use apt or synaptic to install the package, as documented on the
136 > [[download]] page. Install git-core also to get git.
138 > You do not need to use git-init if you use ikiwiki-makrepo. --[[Joey]]
141 Thanks for your response. You're right. Ubuntu does have ikiwiki, except that it is an older version. I tried installing it; saw some error messages from the install, and decided against it. Plus the documentation here in ikiwiki.info seems slightly different. I made an executive/beginner decision: to go for the latest tarball. And found myself in deep water, ...
143 Anyway, I think I might be able to install it from the tarball I downloaded. I've been reading the discussions, had a look at your screencasts, etc. I will give it another bash. -- [[WillDioneda]]
147 How do I set up cgi editing? In setup I have:
149 * cgiurl => 'http://wiki.had.co.nz/edit.cgi'
150 * cgi_wrapper => 'edit.cgi'
152 But I don't get an edit link on my pages? What am I doing wrong?
154 > Assuming you don't have the editpage plugin disabled, all you should need
155 > to so is re-run `ikiwiki -setup` with the above config and it should
156 > rebuild your wiki and add the edit links to pages. --[[Joey]]
160 I setup ikiwiki on a fedora 10 machine and I am using apache as my http server. Faced a few difficulties while setting it up as the default setup program left some suid files and group writeable directories on the system. It took some time to get it working and documented what I did at http://flyingtux.blogspot.com/2009/03/installing-ikiwiki.html. Thought it might be useful to someone here. (The version installed is 2.72)
162 > ikiwiki makes wrappers suid by default, because this ensures that when
163 > the ikiwiki.cgi is run by your web server, it runs as the user who owns
164 > your wiki, and can thus write to it. ikiwiki is designed to run securely
165 > suid. If your webserver uses some
166 > mechanism to run the ikiwiki.cgi as the user who owns it, without the
167 > suid bit being set, you *could* modify `cgi_wrappermode` in your setup
168 > file to drop the suid bit.
170 > ikiwiki respects the umask, so if your umask is one that causes things to
171 > be group writable, they will by. If you want to override that, there is
172 > also a `umask ` setting in your setup file. --[[Joey]]
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