How To Install hiki on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install hiki on Ubuntu 22.04. hiki is Wiki Engine written in Ruby

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hiki on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is hiki

hiki is:

Hiki is one of WikiWiki Web clone (Wiki Engine) written in programming language Ruby. WikiWikiWeb is web base collaboration tool. Hiki has following features:

  • Simple syntax like original Wiki.
  • Theme function by CSS(Cascading Style Sheet). You can use a lot of tDiary themes (http://www.tdiary.net/theme.rhtml).
  • Plugin function, you can add various functions.
  • InterWiki support.
  • Categorize.

There are three methods to install hiki on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install hiki Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install hiki using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install hiki

Install hiki Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install hiki using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install hiki

Install hiki Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install hiki using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hiki

How To Uninstall hiki on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the hiki package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove hiki

Uninstall hiki And Its Dependencies

To uninstall hiki and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hiki

Remove hiki Configurations and Data

To remove hiki configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge hiki

Remove hiki configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove hiki configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hiki

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hiki package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.