How To Install dokuwiki on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dokuwiki
on Kali Linux.
What is dokuwiki
dokuwiki is:
DokuWiki is a wiki mainly aimed at creating documentation of any kind. It is targeted at developer teams, workgroups and small companies. It has a simple but powerful syntax which makes sure the datafiles remain readable outside the wiki and eases the creation of structured texts. All data is stored in plain text files – no database is required.
There are three methods to install dokuwiki
on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dokuwiki Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dokuwiki
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dokuwiki
Install dokuwiki Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dokuwiki
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dokuwiki
Install dokuwiki Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install dokuwiki
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dokuwiki
How To Uninstall dokuwiki on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the dokuwiki
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dokuwiki
Uninstall dokuwiki And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dokuwiki
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dokuwiki
Remove dokuwiki Configurations and Data
To remove dokuwiki
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dokuwiki
Remove dokuwiki configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dokuwiki
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dokuwiki
Dependencies
dokuwiki have the following dependencies:
- debconf
- javascript-common
- libjs-jquery
- libjs-jquery-cookie
- libjs-jquery-ui
- libphp-simplepie
- php
- php-geshi
- php-phpseclib
- php-random-compat
- php-xml
- ucf
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dokuwiki
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.