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@@ -6,3 +6,28 @@ On my initial ikiwiki -setup auto.setup, I get the following error:
 
 This is using the latest git pull of ikiwiki.
 I am not sure why it is not finding shortcuts.mdwn. -- [[JosephTurian]]
+
+> The error, and the weird paths suggest to me that you
+> have installed ikiwiki in a strange way, and it is failing
+> to find its basewiki underlay. The `$installdir` is
+> hardcoded into IkiWiki.pm at build time, based on the PREFIX
+> setting (see README).
+>
+> If that's not set right, you'll have other problems than just this one,
+> so I suggest you check how you installed ikiwiki.
+> 
+> Anyway, I've made the shortcut plugin only warn about this..
+> --[[Joey]] 
+
+> > I have
+> >    $installdir="/home/turian/utils/"
+> > and the underlay dir is set to:
+> >    "$installdir/share/ikiwiki/basewiki",
+> > which does contain shortcuts.mdwn. So I am not sure why it is not finding it.
+> > I am grappling with installing ikiwiki in a user account, and would like to get the directories set up correctly.
+> > How can I debug this issue further?
+
+>>>> Why don't you strace it and look at where it's looking for
+>>>> shortcuts.mdwn. --[[Joey]] 
+
+>>>>>> Hmm, so change the PERL5LIB seemed to fix this. [[Done]].