This is the INSTALL.txt file for PmWiki. This document provides convenient steps so an administrator can have a PmWiki site up and running quickly. More extensive information about installing PmWiki is available at http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/Installation . Once your site is up and running you will be able to read the bundled documentation pages. Here are some quick steps to start you on your path toward a complete, customized installation: 1a) Put the software in a location accessible by your webserver. 1b) PmWiki can also be run if no webserver is installed. See http://pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/Standalone 2) Point your browser to pmwiki.php. 3) You may see an error message saying that PmWiki needs to have a writable wiki.d/ directory. If so, follow the directions to establish one. This directory will hold your wiki page files. 4) If you want a directory index file, create a file called index.php in the main directory that contains the following single line of text, purposefully without a closing "?>":