Manual:Installation guide
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- What is MediaWiki?
- Documentation
- Customization
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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. However, by in large Manual:Installing MediaWiki is more up to date, and better written than the per system docs, and as such it is recomended you first consult the main install instructions before looking at a per system installation documents.
[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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