Pm Wiki:

Here are some quick instructions on how to download and install Pm Wiki. Improvements to these instructions would be greatly appreciated. If you encounter problems during installation process take a look at Trouble Shooting.

1. Download the latest version of Pm Wiki from http://www.pmichaud.com/pub/pmwiki.

2. Extract the tar image using "tar xvfz pmwiki.tgz" . This will create a pmwiki-x.y.z directory which contains the Pm Wiki software. Rename this directory to "pmwiki" by executing "mv pmwiki-x.y.z pmwiki" . The files in this directory include

          pmwiki.php      Main Pm Wiki script
          pmwiki-50.gif   Pm Wiki logo
          wikilib.d/      Directory containing some default Pm Wiki files
          scripts/        Some sample configuration scripts
          local/          A directory for local configuration scripts

These files need to be placed where they can be accessed by a web server (e.g. in a public_html directory of some sort).

3. Temporarily change the permissions on the directory containing pmwiki.php directory to 2777. In Unix this is normally done by changing to the directory containing pmwiki.php and executing "chmod 2777 ." (note the dot at the end). This will (1) make the directory writable so the web server can create the data directory it needs for the wiki files, and (2) preserve group ownership of the directory so the installer account can manipulate the files created in this directory.

4. If you're running Apache version 2.0.30 or later, you may need to set the AcceptPathInfo directive to "on" for the pmwiki.php script. This can be as simple as adding

    AcceptPathInfo on

to either the .htaccess file in the directory containing pmwiki.php or the server's httpd.conf file. If changing the httpd.conf file, don't forget to restart Apache to have the change take effect.

5. Open a web browser to the pmwiki.php script. When pmwiki.php is first executed, it creates the wiki.d directory for holding wiki pages with appropriate ownership and permissions. Once wiki.d has been created, the directory permissions can be set back to 755 or whatever you prefer to use (e.g., execute "chmod 755 .").

6. Check out Initial Setup Tasks for other tasks you may want to perform to begin customizing your Pm Wiki installation. You might also want to peruse the Release Notes for further information.

7. Take care that there is enough space on your filesystem. If not, any editing action will delete the page you have just edited. There is no Error Messages^[?] and page revision is not possible because the file is not saved at all.

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