Tutorial: How to Install PmWiki on EndeavourOS Latest

PmWiki is an open-source wiki software that can be easily installed on EndeavourOS Latest. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install and configure PmWiki on your system.

Prerequisites

Before we move onto the installation steps, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:

• A working installation of EndeavourOS Latest.
• A sudo user or root privileges.

Step 1: Installation of Required Packages

1. First, update your system's package index:

sudo pacman -Sy

2. Install the required packages by running:

sudo pacman -S apache php php-apache

• apache: is a popular web server software that will serve the PmWiki pages.
• php: is a scripting language that PmWiki uses to operate.
• php-apache: is a PHP module that enables Apache to process PHP files.

3. Once the installation is complete, start and enable the Apache service:

sudo systemctl start httpd.service
sudo systemctl enable httpd.service

Step 2: Download and Extract PmWiki

1. Download the latest version of PmWiki:

wget https://www.pmwiki.org/pub/pmwiki/pmwiki-latest.tgz

2. Extract the downloaded archive using the following command:

tar xvzf pmwiki-latest.tgz

Step 3: Configure Apache for PmWiki

1. Navigate to the Apache configuration directory:

cd /etc/httpd/conf/

2. Create a new virtual host configuration file for PmWiki:

sudo nano pmwiki.conf

3. Copy and paste the following configuration into the opened file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /var/www/pmwiki
ServerName YOUR_SERVER_NAME
<Directory /var/www/pmwiki >
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

• Replace YOUR_SERVER_NAME with your actual server name or IP address.

4. Save and close the configuration file by pressing Ctrl + X, then Y, and lastly Enter.

5. Reload the Apache service to apply changes:

sudo systemctl reload httpd.service

Step 4: Create a PmWiki Site

1. Navigate to the extracted PmWiki directory:

cd pmwiki-x.y.z/

• Replace x.y.z with your PmWiki version.

2. Copy the entire directory to the DocumentRoot directory:

sudo cp -r pmwiki-* /var/www/pmwiki

3. Change the ownership of the copied directory to the http user:

sudo chown -R http:http /var/www/pmwiki

4. Open your web browser and browse to http://YOUR_SERVER_NAME/pmwiki/pmwiki.php.

• Replace YOUR_SERVER_NAME with your actual server name or IP address.

5. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the initial PmWiki configuration.

Conclusion

Now you have successfully installed PmWiki on EndeavourOS Latest. You can use PmWiki to create and maintain your own wiki pages.

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