Development SVN Repository

For developers (or user) interested in using the latest development branch of Deki Wiki (1.8.2), follow these steps:

1) download the latest VM from SourceForge

2) unzip and launch

3) log into the shell and run the following commands

cd /opt/deki
svn up
svn switch https://dekiwiki.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dekiwiki/deki-1.8.2
cd /var/www/deki-hayes
svn switch https://dekiwiki.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dekiwiki/deki-1.8.2/web
cd ..
chown -R www-data deki-hayes
updateWiki.sh

For Non-VM installations follow these steps

1) backup your attachments and config files

mkdir ~/deki-backup
cd /var/www/deki-hayes
tar cvzpf ~/deki-backup/attachments.tar.gz attachments
cp LocalSettings.php AdminSettings.php ~/deki-backup
cp bin/mindtouch.host.sh ~/deki-backup

2) remove your existing wiki directory

cd ~
rm -rf /var/www/deki-hayes

3) checkout the branch

cd /var/www
svn co https://dekiwiki.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dekiwiki/deki-1.8.2/web deki-hayes

4) restore your attachments and config files

cd ~/deki-backup
cp LocalSettings.php AdminSettings.php /var/www/deki-hayes
cp mindtouch.host.sh /var/www/deki-hayes/bin
tar xvzf attachments.tar.gz -C /var/www/deki-hayes
chown -R www-data /var/www/deki-hayes

5) run the DB schema upgrade script

cd /var/www/deki-hayes/maintenance
php update-db.php

6) restart dekihost

/etc/init.d/dekihost restart

Note: to use svn you must have subversion installed.  On Debian/Ubuntu you can install subversion like this:

apt-get install subversion