Tutorial: How to Install Oddmuse on OpenSUSE Latest

Oddmuse is a simple and flexible wiki engine written in Perl. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Oddmuse on the latest version of OpenSUSE.

Prerequisites

Before we begin with the installation process, make sure that your OpenSUSE system is updated and has the following components installed:

  • Perl interpreter
  • CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network)
  • Git

Installation

  1. Install Required Perl Modules

Oddmuse requires several Perl modules to run. Open a terminal window and run the following command to install them:

sudo cpan CGI Digest::SHA1 YAML::XS Unicode::Normalize
  1. Download Oddmuse

The latest version of Oddmuse can be downloaded from the project's Github repository using Git. Open a terminal window and clone the repository by running the following command:

git clone https://github.com/kensanata/oddmuse.git
  1. Configure Oddmuse

Navigate to the "oddmuse" directory that was just created, and create a new configuration file by copying the "config-example" file:

cd oddmuse
cp config-example config

Open the new "config" file in a text editor and configure the settings according to your preferences. For example, you may want to set the "wiki_name" parameter to the name of your wiki:

nano config

# Example config parameters
$DataDir = "/var/lib/oddmuse/data";
$PageDir = "/var/lib/oddmuse/pages";
$IndexFile = "/var/lib/oddmuse/index.html";
$WikiName = "MyWiki";
  1. Run Oddmuse

Oddmuse can be run by executing the "oddmuse.pl" script:

perl oddmuse.pl

Oddmuse should now be running on your system. You can access the wiki by navigating to "http://localhost:8080/" in your web browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have guide you through the process of installing and configuring Oddmuse on the latest version of OpenSUSE. You now have a fully-functional wiki engine ready for use. Happy editing!