Dokuwiki has been installed into ${INSTDIR} With Apache, this directory must be granted at least with this: AllowOverride Limit You should point this to the DocumentRoot of your web-server: # ln -s ../dokuwiki /var/www/htdocs/dokuwiki Then add to your httpd.conf: AllowOverride Limit Proceed to complete the installation by opening install.php in your browser. If you are upgrading your installation, don't forget to remove install.php.