Installation

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Fundamental Introduction to MediaWiki

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Requirements

Download MediaWiki (current stable version is 1.12.0)
Web Server such as Apache or IIS
PHP version 5.0 or later (5.1.x recommended)
Database Server
- MySQL 4.0 or later
- or PostgreSQL 8.1 or later (also requires plpgsql and tsearch2)

Some users find it helpful to install an additional software package such as phpMyAdmin (MySQL) or phpPgAdmin (Postgres) to help administer the database server.

For image thumbnailing and TeX-support, additional programs are required.

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 1.6.10 (download).
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.