Manual:Running MediaWiki on Damnsmalllinux
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[edit] why that
When i started using DSL, i wanted to set up a small server for a website on an old TravelMate 510 Series Notebook. The main problem was to get a wikisoftware installed. Read the following instructions, if you also want to do so
[edit] preparing the notebook
Before installing the wiki software, the notebook itself had to be set up. To do this, just follow the instructions here and here.
[edit] getting the software
- The wiki software i used was MediaWiki
- to install this, you also need MySql
- for the web interface, you need PHP5
to install those software, there's a need to install
- gnu c compiler with libraries
- libxml2
- expat
I did the installation with the following packages (no warranty to get other versions running):
- gcc1-with-lib.dsl, version 3.3.4
- libxml2-2.6.30.tar.gz
- expat-2.0.1.tar.gz
- mysql-max-4.1.22-pc-linux-gnu-i686.tar
- httpd-2.2.6.tar.gz (apache webserver)
- php-5.2.4.tar.gz
- mediawiki-1.6.10.tar.gz
- (optinal) imagemagick.uci from the MyDsl Extension Tool
[edit] installing support software
Get all the software above.
Open the MyDsl Extension browser, navigate through "System" to gcc1-with-libs.dls. Select it, then press download. It will be installed.
cd into the directory, where you have all the sowftware packages
tar xvzf expat-2.0.1.tar.gz tar xvzf libxml2-2.6.30.tar.gz tar xvzf mysql-max-4.1.22-pc-linux-gnu-i686.tar.gz tar xvzf httpd-2.2.6.tar.gz tar xvzf php-5.2.4.tar.gz tar xvzf mediawiki-1.6.10.tar.gz
install expat:
cd expat-2.0.1 ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/expat make make install cd ..
then install libxml:
cd libxml2-2.6.30 ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/libxml make make install cd ..
now, you're ready to begin installing the wiki software parts:
mv mysql-max-4.1.22-pc-linux-gnu-i686 /usr/local/mysql adduser mysql
you can directly start mysql, because the mentioned version is a ready-to-run package:
/usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server start /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin -u root password <yourpasswordhere>
Now the sql server should be running. Next, install the apache web server:
cd /httpd-2.2.6 ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/apache --enable-module=all --enable-so make make install cd ..
After that, the PHP binaries can be built:
cd php-5.2.4 ./configure \ --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs \ --with-config-file-path=/usr/local/apache/conf \ --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql \ --with-libxml-dir=/usr/local/libxml \ --enable-ftp \ --with-gd \ --enable-bcmath \ --disable-debug \ --enable-track-vars make make install
Now, you've installed alle the prerequisites to install the wiki itself.
[edit] installing the wiki
cd /usr/local/apache/htdocs mv /<pathToPackage>/mediawiki-1.6.10 wiki
This will move the files of the wiki to the directory /usr/local/apache/htdocs/wiki. Make sure, the wiki is allowd to operate in this directory:
cd wiki chmod 755 config
if the mysql server is running, you may now begin to create the wiki database:
/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql -u root -p mysql
This will start the mysql command line. On the command line, enter:
create database wikidb; grant create, select, insert, update, delete, alter, lock tables on wikidb.* to 'wikiuser'@'localhost' identified by 'yourpasswordhere'; flush privileges; \q
Now start the web server:
/usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl start
After that, you should be able to install the wiki via the web interface. Therefore, open [1] in your web browser and follow the online guide, which should appear.
[edit] additional hints
if you would like to use thumbnail pictures within your wiki, you should download imagemagick.uci via the MyDsl Extension Tool (MyDSL Extensions > UCI > imagemagick.uci), load it via
mydsl-load /<pathToPackage>/imagemagick.uci
and add the lines
$wgUseImageResize = true; $wgUseImageMagick = true;
to the file /usr/local/apache/htdocs/wiki/LocalSetting.php
[edit] links to further information
Tutorial how to install MySQL with PHP for Apache
MediaWiki installation manual
