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@@ -29,3 +29,40 @@ Use `wget` to download the ikiwiki tarball. You can find the `tar` file at the b
Then unpack it:
tar zxvf ikiwiki*.tar.gz
+
+## Build and install ikiwiki
+
+ cd ikiwiki
+ export MAKE=gmake
+ perl Makefile.PL INSTALL_BASE=$HOME PREFIX=
+ $MAKE
+ $MAKE install
+
+## Create your wiki
+
+All it takes to create a fully functional wiki using ikiwiki is running one command.
+
+ ikiwiki --setup /etc/ikiwiki/auto.setup
+
+Or, set up a blog with ikiwiki, run this command instead.
+
+ ikiwiki --setup /etc/ikiwiki/auto-blog.setup
+
+Either way, it will ask you a couple of questions.
+
+ What will the wiki be named? foo
+ What revision control system to use? git
+ What wiki user (or openid) will be admin? joey
+ Choose a password:
+
+Then, wait for it to tell you an url for your new site..
+
+ Successfully set up foo:
+ url: http://example.com/~joey/foo
+ srcdir: ~/foo
+ destdir: ~/public_html/foo
+ repository: ~/foo.git
+ To modify settings, edit ~/foo.setup and then run:
+ ikiwiki --setup ~/foo.setup
+
+We are almost done, but your URL is most likely incorrect. Edit your `foo.setup` file and change the URL to: `yoursitename.nfshost.com`