Thread:Project:Support desk/mediawiki 1.15 compatibility/reply

Hi!

MediaWiki does not depend on a distribution, but on other software:


 * It needs PHP, version 5.2 or newer should do, and
 * a database management system (most likely MySQL, version 5.1 or newer)

If that software is included in the distribution, MediaWiki can work with that.

Note however that MediaWiki 1.15 is an old version. It has known security holes. You should consider upgrading MediaWiki to version 1.19, which works with PHP 5.2 or newer and has long term support, or to MediaWiki 1.22, which needs at least PHP 5.3 and is the newest version.