Installation

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.

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

Requirements
Due to a security issue with PHP it is strongly advised to use PHP 5.2.17+ or PHP 5.3.5+ (see here for more details).
 * 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 5.1 or later (5.2.x recommended). PHP 5.3.1 is incompatible with MediaWiki due to a bug.
 * with Perl Compatible Regular Expressions
 * with Standard PHP Library
 * Database Server
 * MySQL 4.0 or later (*)
 * or PostgreSQL 8.1 or later
 * Requires PL/pgSQL (contained in contribs)
 * Full-Text searching (Native in >=8.3, requires tsearch2 extension <=8.2)

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. (*) - Even though it may not be officially supported yet, MariaDB, is an alternative, a GPL fork of the MySQL code by Monty Widenius, the founder of MySQL, and can also be used by Mediawiki. Debian/Ubuntu repos.

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

Installation assistance

 * FAQ: FAQ
 * mediawiki-l (Mailing List) is the high-traffic mailing list to ask for support.
 * MediaWiki Users (Forum) is a user-to-user MediaWiki support forum