Installation

Alternative to manual installation
Some users may prefer to skip manual installation by using a pre-integrated MediaWiki software appliance.

Requirements

 * Download MediaWiki (current stable version is )
 * Web Server such as Apache or IIS
 * Local or command line access is needed for running maintenance scripts
 * PHP version 5.0 or later (5.1.x recommended, for api.php to work)
 * with Perl Compatible Regular Expressions
 * with Standard PHP Library
 * Database Server
 * MySQL 4.0 or later
 * or PostgreSQL 8.1 or later (also requires plpgsql, which in Debian you can have using the contribs package, and tsearch2, which is provided by default in 8.3), see also Manual:PostgreSQL

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.

Installation Guide
If you would like to install MediaWiki on your server, our comprehensive Installation Guide will help you get up and running in no time.

If you would like to industrialize MediaWiki installations for your corporate/enterprise/organizational network, our Industrialization guide will help you to produce wikis in no time and no money.

Upgrade Guide
If you are already running MediaWiki, see the Upgrade Guide