Distro Specific Installation

Wiki Races - Distro Specific Installation Guides

It is recommended to run Wiki Races in a Docker container. The following are version specific installation guides for specific Linux distros.

Fedora Linux 40

# If build and other necessary tools are not installed (such as literally running this in a Docker application):
# sudo dnf install git make automake gcc gcc-c++ kernel-devel npm
git clone https://github.com/interalliancegc/wikiraces.git/
cd wikiraces
npm install
# FROM https://developer.fedoraproject.org/tech/database/mongodb/about.html
# note that MongoDB is no longer supported for Fedora by default
# https://developer.fedoraproject.org/tech/database/mongodb/about.html
# add to the yum repos:
sudo tee "/etc/yum.repos.d/mongodb-org-7.0.repo" << 'EOF'
[mongodb-org-7.0]
name=MongoDB Repository
baseurl=https://repo.mongodb.org/yum/redhat/9/mongodb-org/7.0/x86_64/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
gpgkey=https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-7.0.asc
EOF
# handle errors with mongodb
# https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/openssl-error-when-starting-mongosh/243323/2
sudo dnf install mongodb-mongosh-shared-openssl3
sudo dnf install mongodb-org
if `mongosh --help 1>/dev/null`; then echo 'OK'; else echo '!!!NG!!!'; fi
# run server for development
npm run-script run # Should default to port 8443
# OR run server for production
sudo npm install pm2 -g
pm2 start src/app.js --name wikiRaces
pm2 status wikiRaces
pm2 stop wikiRaces

Fedora Linux 37

# If build and other necessary tools are not installed (such as literally running this in a Docker application):
# sudo dnf install git make automake gcc gcc-c++ kernel-devel npm
git clone https://github.com/interalliancegc/wikiraces
cd wikiraces
npm install
# FROM https://developer.fedoraproject.org/tech/database/mongodb/about.html
# note that MongoDB is no longer supported for Fedora by default
# https://developer.fedoraproject.org/tech/database/mongodb/about.html
# add to the yum repos:
sudo tee "/etc/yum.repos.d/mongodb-org-6.0.repo" << 'EOF'
[mongodb-org-6.0]
name=MongoDB Repository
baseurl=https://repo.mongodb.org/yum/redhat/9/mongodb-org/6.0/x86_64/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
gpgkey=https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-6.0.asc
EOF
# handle errors with mongodb
# https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/openssl-error-when-starting-mongosh/243323/2
sudo dnf install mongodb-mongosh-shared-openssl3
sudo dnf install mongodb-org
if `mongosh --help 1>/dev/null`; then echo 'OK'; else echo '!!!NG!!!'; fi
# run server for development
npm run-script run
# OR run server for production
sudo npm install pm2 -g
pm2 start src/app.js --name wikiRaces
pm2 status wikiRaces
pm2 stop wikiRaces