How to Install Gollum on Debian Latest

Gollum is a simple and wiki-like web application that allows you to create and manage a Wiki. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Gollum on Debian.

Step 1: Update the System

Before we start with the installation, we recommend updating your system to the latest packages. Open your Terminal and run the following command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

Step 2: Install Ruby and Git

Gollum is written in Ruby and Git is used to manage the repositories. Hence, we need to install Ruby and Git on our system.

To install the required packages, run the below command:

sudo apt-get install -y ruby-full git

Step 3: Install Gollum

Now, we are ready to install Gollum. To do that, run the following command in your Terminal.

sudo gem install gollum

The installation process may take some time, depending on your system configuration.

Step 4: Create a Wiki

After installing Gollum, we can create a Wiki. First, create a directory where you want to host your Wiki. You can make it in the home directory. Run the following command:

mkdir -p ~/mywiki

Now navigate to the created directory.

cd ~/mywiki

Next, we need to initialize the Git repository, which will keep track of all the changes made in the Wiki. Run the below command:

git init

Once the repository is created, we can now start with our Wiki. Type the following command to start the Gollum server.

gollum

You may see below output:

[2021-06-25 23:44:06] INFO  WEBrick 1.4.2
[2021-06-25 23:44:06] INFO  ruby 3.0.0 (2020-12-25) [x86_64-linux-gnu]
== Sinatra/2.1.0 has taken the stage on 4567 for development with backup from WEBrick
[2021-06-25 23:44:06] INFO  WEBrick::HTTPServer#start: pid=26640 port=4567

Now open up your web browser and navigate to the http://localhost:4567 URL. You will see the Gollum web interface; you can start adding pages and content to your Wiki.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Gollum on Debian and create a new Wiki. Gollum is an easy-to-use web application that allows you to create a Wiki and manage your content effortlessly.