Manual:Installation guide

Welcome to the MediaWiki installation guide which provides instructions on how to manually install and configure MediaWiki on a web server. Note that some users may find MediaWiki software appliances a convenient alternative to manual installation.

The first part of this guide gives broad general instructions, while the last section contains a list of appendices that give more detailed installation notes for specific system configurations and other less common uses of the software.

Main installation guide

 * Before installation
 * Read what MediaWiki is
 * Check the MediaWiki feature list
 * Installation requirements - Check these before going any further!
 * Installing MediaWiki
 * Configuring MediaWiki:
 * Initial configuration (using the configuration script)
 * Further configuration
 * Installing extensions

Advanced uses
The following pages give instructions about how to install/configure MediaWiki for other, less common purposes.
 * Installing from Subversion
 * Installing MediaWiki on a memory stick

Advanced configuration
The following pages cover some of the more advanced configuration options:
 * Advanced configuration
 * Wiki administration

MediaWiki Help
The following page explains how to get a copy of the MediaWiki help pages on your own wiki
 * Copying help pages

System-specific instructions
The following pages give more detailed installation instructions aimed at specific systems:


 * FreeBSD
 * GNU/Linux
 * Debian
 * Fedora
 * Gentoo
 * Mandriva
 * Red Hat Enterprise Linux
 * Slackware
 * SuSE 9.3
 * Ubuntu
 * Damnsmalllinux
 * Mac OS X
 * NetWare
 * Solaris
 * Solaris 10
 * Solaris 9
 * Windows
 * Windows XP
 * Windows Server 2003
 * Windows Server 2008
 * Newcomers guide
 * Streamlined Guide
 * Simple Windows Apache Installation