So, I bypassed all that and manually installed the blog plugin. I downloaded the package, unzipped and untarred it in the plugins directory and left the files in a directory named /usr/share/dokuwiki/lib/plugins/blog that is owned by the owner of the httpd process.
It shows installed in the Admin, Extension Manager, but I'm still not seeing my content. I'm seeing a link to "start".
I feel so close. Help me bring this thing home!
I appreciate the assist.