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leigerleiger 1272857293|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

It tells me to type this into the Ubuntu console:

$ sudo aptitude install postgresql-8.3 php5-cgi php5-cli php5-pgsql lighttpd imagemagick tetex-bin tetex-extra gs-gpl  php5-gd php5-tidy php-pear file git-core

However due to slow internet speed, I'd rather download it from my Windows laptop (difference of 16 kbps compared to 1500 kbps).

I think I've found the correct files for most of them, but am unable to find:

  • ImageMagick
  • PHP gd extension
  • PHP tidy extension
  • file program (? what is this ?)
  • Git to retrieve the source (? do I already have it on ubuntu ?)

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tsangktsangk 1272857787|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Er… Shane… You can't install Wikidot on Windows yet. All of the paths in the source is mapped for unix system (not windows).

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leigerleiger 1273541608|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

@tsangk: The idea was to download it on my Windows laptop and then move it to my Ubuntu desktop using a USB drive and install it there.

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Ed JohnsonEd Johnson 1272896681|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Have you considered installing it in a virtual machine? I've done that many times with the older OS revision I'm using and it works great. You can even create an installable ISO from your Ubuntu setup once you get everything configured.

I wrote a guide for doing this a long while ago. You shouldn't follow it to the letter since so much has changed since I did that, but getting Ubuntu installed in a VM should be pretty straight-forward. Once you get a clean Ubuntu base, you can copy that and have an easy fall back if something goes awry with the Wikidot install.

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leigerleiger 1273541718|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Well, just following the instructions on this site doesn't bode too well… it seems it relies on me having already created a user called "wikidot", which seems a bit strange.

shane@shane-ubuntu-desktop:~$ sudo dpkg -i wikidot_0.90_all.deb
Selecting previously deselected package wikidot.
(Reading database … 125786 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking wikidot (from wikidot_0.90_all.deb) …
/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: 29: /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.3: not found
dpkg: error processing wikidot_0.90_all.deb (—install):
subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 127
userdel: user 'wikidot' does not exist
sudo: unknown user: postgres
sudo: unknown user: postgres
Errors were encountered while processing:
wikidot_0.90_all.deb

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