---
name: "install-slashsite"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "slash"
version: "2.2.6-8etch1"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/install-slashsite"
---

# install-slashsite(1)

Slash site installer

## NAME

install-slashsite - Slash site installer

## SYNOPSIS

**install-slashsite** \[*options*\] \[ **-u** virtual user \] \[ **-H** hostname \] \[ **-n** sitename \] \[ **-P** plugin,plugin,... \] \[ **-a** admin name \] \[ **-e** admin email \] \[ **-p** admin password \] \[ **-o** installation owner \] \[ **-g** installation group \]

## DESCRIPTION

**install-slashsite** creates a new Slash site. You must provide a virtual user, which has already been set up in /etc/dbix-password.conf, and the target database must already exist and be accessible by the given virtual user.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**

  help. Display main options.

- **-v**

  show version.

- **-R**

  reuse hostname as site name (boolean)

- **-u**

  virtual user (default is "slash").

- **-L**

  installs files in htdocs/ and tasks/ using symlinks \[y/n\]

- **-P**

  comma-separated list of plugin names\

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Eric Van Buggenhaut \<ericvb@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).