The best part of installing ikiwiki was learning how to use git. I never used source control before but its pretty slick.
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## installing git:
curl http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-(latest version).tar.gz -O
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tar xzvf git-(latest version).tar.gz
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cd git-(latest version)
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./configure --prefix=/usr/local
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NO_MSGFMT=yes make prefix=/usr/local all
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sudo make install
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git config --global user.name "firstname lastname"
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git config --global user.email "email here"
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git config --global color.ui "auto"
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curl http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-manpages-1.7.3.1.tar.gz | sudo tar -xzC /opt/local/share/man/
## installing ikiwiki:
I had terrible trouble installing ikiwiki. It turned out I had accidentally installed Perl through ports. Uninstalling that made everything install nicely.
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I like to install test software in /opt. No particular reason. You could install to defaults.
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perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/Library/Perl/5.10.0 LIB=/Library/Perl/5.10.0
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perl Makefile.PL LIB=/Library/Perl/5.10.0
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make
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make install
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sudo install -d /opt/ikiwiki
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sudo install -m 0644 wikilist /opt/ikiwiki
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sudo install -m 0644 auto.setup /opt/ikiwiki
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sudo install -m 0644 auto-blog.setup /opt/ikiwiki
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when you make ikiwiki it gives you a .git folder with the ikiwiki files. Stay out of this folder. You want to learn how to create a clone and make all your changes in the clone. When you push the changes ikiwiki will update. I moved a file in this folder by accident because I named my working file the same and I couldn't get into the setup page. I had apparently messed up my ikiwiki git repository. I did a pull into my clone, deleted the repository and webserver/ cgi folders and ran a new setup. Then I did a git clone and dragged all my old files into the new clone. Did the git dance and did git push. Then the angels sang.
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## using git from inside a git folder:
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start with git clone, then learn to do the git dance like this.
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git pull
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make your changes to your clone
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git commit -a -m "message here"
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git push
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When you can't get into the setup page or you get strange behavior after a setup update the Utilities > Console app is your friend.
## installing gitweb
make GITWEB_PROJECTROOT="/opt/ikiwiki/" GITWEB_CSS="/gitweb/gitweb.css" GITWEB_LOGO="/gitweb/git-logo.png" GITWEB_FAVICON="/gitweb/git-favicon.png" bindir=/opt/local/bin
cp gitweb.cgi /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/gitweb/
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sudo chmod 2755 gitweb.cgi
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## installing xapian:
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download xapian and omega
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I needed pcre: sudo ports install pcre
./configure
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make
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sudo make install
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## installing omega:
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I had a build error do to libiconv undefined symbols. sudo port deactivate libiconv took care of it. After install I had trouble with ikiwiki so I did a sudo port install libiconv and ikiwiki came back.
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./configure
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make
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sudo make install
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## installing Search::Xapian from CPAN
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for some reason this wouldn't install using CPAN console so I went to CPAN online and downloaded the source.
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perl Makefile.PL
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make
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make test
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sudo make install
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it installed without issue so I'm baffled why it didn't install from command line.
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## turning on search plugin:
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I turned on the plugin from the setup page in ikiwiki but it gave an error when I went to search. Error "blah blah cgi-bin/omega/omega" does not exist or some such. I did a
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find / -name "omega" -print
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and found the omega program in
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/usr/local/lib/xapian-omega/bin/omega.
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Then I went into the setup file and replaced the bad path, updated and badda-boom badda-bing.
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Then I fell asleep.
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