Manual:Simple Windows Apache Installation

'''Note: this page seems obsolete and should be wiped. If looking for installation instructions of Apache, MySQL, and MediaWiki, please refer to Manual:Streamlined_Windows_Install_Guide.'''

This rough but complete installation guide is based on Windows XP SP2.

Download the required software:
The first thing you should do is to download the software the server will require. For ease of use, this page will assume you downloaded the binary releases, but if you want to customize your installation, you should download the source code of each program and compile it yourself.

to. (Ensure that  is directly underneath the mediawiki directory.

Now navigate your browser to: http://localhost/w/conf/index.php

You should see the MediaWiki installer.

Enter a name for your wiki site, a password for the WikiSysop user and the password you entered in MySQL for wikiuser. You should not need to enter the root password.

Press the "InstallMediaWiki!" button. Hopefully you will see the Installation successful! message.

NOTE if you see an error message regarding "there is no database driver!". you will need to edit your php.ini.


 * 1) Install the mysql extension.
 * 2) Make sure " " (semicolon) in front of   has been removed.
 * 3) Above that add  . This must be added above the " ". This will set the php to look in the correct directory for the extensions.
 * 4) Restart PC. (or restart the apache service)

Finally follow the instructions and copy  to.

Now click the link http://localhost/w/index.php/Main_Page and you should see the magic words Wiki software successfully installed..

You may want to configure your wiki further, for example to use pretty URLs.