From c752be0acb942036a2dfd69dcfde06c17860db34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: justint Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 05:53:32 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Mac OS X Snow Leopard Installing IkiWiki Tips --- doc/tips/ikiwiki_on_Mac_OS_X_Snow_Leopard.mdwn | 81 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 81 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/tips/ikiwiki_on_Mac_OS_X_Snow_Leopard.mdwn diff --git a/doc/tips/ikiwiki_on_Mac_OS_X_Snow_Leopard.mdwn b/doc/tips/ikiwiki_on_Mac_OS_X_Snow_Leopard.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2c3428b3f --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/tips/ikiwiki_on_Mac_OS_X_Snow_Leopard.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,81 @@ +These are some notes on installing ikiwiki on Mac OS X Snow Leopard. I have a three year old machine with a lot of stuff on it so it took quite a while, YMMV. + +The best part of installing ikiwiki was learning how to use git. I never used source control before but its pretty slick. + +## installing git: + +curl http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-(latest version).tar.gz -O +tar xzvf git-(latest version).tar.gz +cd git-(latest version) +./configure --prefix=/usr/local +NO_MSGFMT=yes make prefix=/usr/local all +sudo make install + +git config --global user.name "firstname lastname" +git config --global user.email "email here" +git config --global color.ui "auto" + +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. +I like to install test software in /opt. No particular reason. You could install to defaults. + +perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/Library/Perl/5.10.0 LIB=/Library/Perl/5.10.0 +perl Makefile.PL LIB=/Library/Perl/5.10.0 +make +make install +sudo install -d /opt/ikiwiki +sudo install -m 0644 wikilist /opt/ikiwiki +sudo install -m 0644 auto.setup /opt/ikiwiki +sudo install -m 0644 auto-blog.setup /opt/ikiwiki + +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. + +## using git from inside a git folder: +start with git clone, then learn to do the git dance like this. +git pull +make your changes to your clone +git commit -a -m "message here" +git push + +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/ +sudo chmod 2755 gitweb.cgi + +## installing xapian: +download xapian and omega +I needed pcre: sudo ports install pcre + +./configure +make +sudo make install + +## installing omega: +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. +./configure +make +sudo make install + +## installing Search::Xapian from CPAN +for some reason this wouldn't install using CPAN console so I went to CPAN online and downloaded the source. +perl Makefile.PL +make +make test +sudo make install +it installed without issue so I'm baffled why it didn't install from command line. + +## turning on search plugin: +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 +find / -name "omega" -print +and found the omega program in +/usr/local/lib/xapian-omega/bin/omega. +Then I went into the setup file and replaced the bad path, updated and badda-boom badda-bing. + +Then I fell asleep. -- 2.11.4.GIT