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

 * Download MediaWiki (current stable version is )
 * Web server such as Apache or IIS; you may wish to consider a XAMP that provides the Apache server, PHP, and mySQL server in one package
 * 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
 * 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.

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