Category Archives: ikiwiki
git-upload-pack: command not found
So you installed git and ikiwiki on your shared server and created your ikiwiki and repositories, but when you went to create a local working clone of the repository by running: git clone <server-alias>:/path/to/<repository-name>.git did you get the following error, like I did? Cloning into <repository-name>… jailshell: git-upload-pack: command not found fatal: The remote end [...]
ikiwiki and git on a shared server
In the last two posts on getting started with ikiwiki, I’ve talked about how ikiwiki differs from traditional wiki engines, and how to install ikiwiki if you have root access on ubuntu, but what about if you’re on shared hosting, how do you use ikiwiki then? Install it your self. All you need is: Linux [...]
Getting Started with ikiwiki – part 2
Following on from last week’s post about how ikiwiki functions, and how it’s different from other wiki engines; here’s how to get started with it and what do do next. I used git as the revision control system (RCS) for my installation, if you use a different RCS, then some of the detail below may [...]
Getting Started with ikiwiki – part 1
Recently, I’ve spent some time evaluating ikiwiki as a possible documentation wiki for this site. It’s small size and narrow scope make it attractive over the other wiki candidates that I’ve been looking at (specifically: Tikiwiki – which is also a full fledged CMS, shop, forums, bugtracker, etc. and PhpWiki, one of the most mature [...]