Download/sco

Download via command line
To download MediaWiki in a terminal on a Linux machine using wget, use one of the following commands:

Alternatively, using cURL:

Dounlaid fae Git insteid
Acteeve MediaWiki deveelopers shid dounlaid fae Git insteid tae get the latest version o the MediaWiki saffware. The git repositrie haes earlier versions o the saffware, sae ye can switch tae ("check oot") ae pairteecular release. Developers downloading from Git will also need to manually install dependencies via.

Signature dounlaids

 * GPG security signature tae verify yer dounlaid wi the GNU Preevacie Guard:
 * MediaWiki - stable
 * MediaWiki - current long-term support (LTS)
 * GPG keys

Alternateeves tae the manual instawation
Some uisers micht prefer tae skip manual instawation bi uisin ae pre-integratit MediaWiki saffware appliance or hoastin servaces; mairower, repositries o some distros increasinglie affer packages fer MediaWiki, wi differnt degrees o frequancie n extensions coverage (e.g. Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Gentoo). Repositories of some Linux distributions also increasingly offer packages for MediaWiki, with different degrees of frequency and extensions coverage (e.g. Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Gentoo).

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Legacie releases
Gif yer MediaWiki instawation is modified heivilie, it micht be diffeecult tae incorporate the latest offeecial chynges/updates tae MediaWiki. Tae support sic uisers, we maintain auld brainches o oor code fer up tae ae year fer the legacie release n up tae three years fer the legacie lang term support release.


 * Dounlaid the legacie release MediaWiki

Deveelopment releases
Gif ye want tae run wi the latest development (i.e. alpha) version, than ye can either dounlaid it as, or dounlaid fae Git.

Fae Git ye can either dounlaid the compleate repositrie (about 528 MiB) or the latest reveesion yinlie (about 85 MiB; this is affen cried ae shallow clone: less time n smawer dounlaids).

Mairower ye can see the in yer brouser.

Auld releases
Ye can fynd tarbaws (wi extention .tar.gz) o aw versions o MediaWiki back tae Mairch o 2005 (the earliest is MediaWiki 1.3.11) in the MediaWiki dounlaid airchives.

Tae brouse, incluidin een the aulder versions, see the tags o the Git repositrie.

Instawation asseestance

 * ASS: Instawation n confeeguration
 * mediawiki-l (Mailin Leet) is the hei-traffeec mailin leet tae speir fer support.
 * Ask for help or support in one of the support venues.