Manual:Installation guide
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Installation Guide | About MediaWiki
Welcome to the MediaWiki installation guide which provides instructions on how to manually install and configure MediaWiki on a web server. Note that some users may find MediaWiki software bundles a convenient alternative to manual installation.
The first part of this guide gives broad general instructions, while the last section contains a list of appendices that give more detailed installation notes for specific system configurations and other less common uses of the software.
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[edit] Upgrade guide
If you are already running MediaWiki, see the Upgrade guide.
 Requirements |
For image thumbnailing and TeX-support, additional programs are required. (*) – Even though it may not be officially supported yet, MariaDB, a GPL fork of the MySQL code by Monty Widenius, the founder of MySQL, is an alternative and can also be used by MediaWiki. Debian/Ubuntu repos. |
[edit] Quick installation guide
For experienced users, here is the quick version of the installation instructions. Most users will want to read the more detailed version, below.
- Check that your system meets the minimum requirements
- Download MediaWiki (direct link to latest version) and extract the archive to a web-accessible folder on your server.
- Point your browser to the directory where MediaWiki was extracted (e.g., http://[domain]/mediawiki/index.php. If installed on a local machine, replace [domain] with localhost. If installed on a remote server, replace [domain] with your server's domain name (eg: www.myserver.com).
- Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the process.
These instructions are deliberately brief. There is a lot that could go wrong, so if in doubt, you are advised to read the full instructions below.
[edit] Main installation guide
- Before installation
- Read what MediaWiki is
- Check the MediaWiki feature list
- Installation requirements - Check these before going any further!
- Installing MediaWiki
- Configuring MediaWiki
- Initial configuration (using the configuration script)
- Further configuration
- Installing extensions
[edit] Alternative to manual installation
Some users may prefer to skip manual installation by using a pre-integrated MediaWiki software appliance.
[edit] Appendices
[edit] Advanced uses
The following pages give instructions about how to install/configure MediaWiki for other, less common purposes.
[edit] Advanced configuration
The following pages cover some of the more advanced configuration options:
[edit] MediaWiki Help
The following page explains how to get a copy of the MediaWiki help pages on your own wiki
[edit] Installation assistance
- FAQ: FAQ#Installation and configuration
- IRC (#mediawiki)
- mediawiki-l (Mailing List) is the high-traffic mailing list to ask for support.
- MediaWiki Users (Forum) is a user-to-user MediaWiki support forum
[edit] System-specific instructions
The following pages give more detailed installation instructions aimed at specific systems:
[edit] Notes
- MediaWiki ships with an installation script which allows web-based configuration
- MediaWiki can share the database of another web-based application, e.g. phpBB etc.
- Knowledge of PHP is required in order to customize the software
- PHP 5 support has been required since MediaWiki 1.7 – if you are using an older version of PHP and cannot upgrade then you should use MediaWiki 1.6.12 (download). Note that this version is no longer supported.
- MySQL 4 support has been required since MediaWiki 1.6 – if you are using an older version of MySQL and cannot upgrade then you should use MediaWiki 1.5.8 (download). Note that this version is no longer supported.
- Some users find it helpful to install an additional software package such as phpMyAdmin (MySQL) or phpPgAdmin (Postgres) to help administer the database server.
[edit] See also
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