Hi there,
I'm not sure if this is a bit too naive, and wether its a FAQ or a completely new stupid question.
I would like to setup a wiki on my notebook for my study and research notes and book excerpts. Puzzling around with hundreds of text files is quite unsatisfactory. Besides, having used wikipedia online for a while my way of thinking started to be wikified ;-)
Currently I work with didiwiki, but this has a poor search algorithm that's even case sensitive, it doesn't support formula etc.
I would like to have mediawiki on localhost, accessing it from localhost, and don't allow anybody else in the network to use it (guess a firewall is enough?).
I read the installation procedure, but it appears it is more for people having some network background.
I've installed the php packages etc. via apt-get (I'm using Ubuntu 5.10 Breezy, with Gnome), but I don't get that thing to work.
I'd very much appreciate some "mediawiki for idiots" instructions about how to make my personal wiki run.
Best regards, John
P.S.: I wouldn't need a complete page history. saving just the last 2-3 edits would be enough.