Manual talk:Installation

What about non internet use
all i want to do is have it on my computer only, i already have made web pages on my computer that aren't online and linked them up, I wanted wiki program because it is easier to link, write, create. I'm trying to write a story and this is perfect for stringing my ideas together, however I cant put it online or risk someone copying my material that i would put on there. ~Fell Skyhawk


 * Peter Blaise says: Install and configure a "web server" (Apache, IIS) on your own computer, then the rest of MySQL, PHP and MediaWiki, then Use http://Localhost to access it locally. Since you're not serving "the web" from your computer anyway, that'll work and keep it private, but accessible to you only.  Are you networked - more than one computer?  Then use http://networkid from other computers on your network to see the wiki.  Tell us more, and please report back how it works for you.  -- Peter Blaise, peterblaise 15:21, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I have found this page: http://www.blindedbytech.com/2006/08/31/how-to-install-wikipedia-for-offline-access/ I don't know if this can help you (except the Wikipedia database dump) SPQRobin 20:45, 6 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Marcio Carneiro says: If you are a Linux user maybe this helps: http://basket.kde.org/

Installation on PHP 6
The dl function being obsolete in PHP 6 (actually became obsolete with PHP 5), in order to install MediaWiki 1.10.1 (and probably older versions as well), you need to change the following line: if (extension_loaded($compname) or dl($compname. '.' . PHP_SHLIB_SUFFIX)) { to this: if (extension_loaded($compname)) { in other words, remove the dl part...

Warning: PHP 6 is currently under development, and should not be used for production websites, but only as tests. (I've been using it without any problem for a while, but G-d knows when one can arise.)

Pierre Paquette (pierre [at] pierrepaquette [dot] net), 2007-07-31 05:00UT


 * Actually this is not enough, more errors arise after. The change I gave above only allows installation of MediaWiki under PHP 6, not its use... If anybody has any idea how I could use MediaWiki under PHP 6, please let me know; I accept direct e-mail to the address below.
 * Pierre Paquette (pierre [at] pierrepaquette [dot] net), 2007-07-31 05:14UT

Moved Content to Other Pages
I've moved most of the content on this page to Manual:Downloading MediaWiki, Manual:Installing Prerequisites, Manual:Installing MediaWiki and then transcluded it back in so that other pages like Manual:Installation guide can link to them as well. If there is a problem with this please let me know and I will revert it. --Cneubauer 17:44, 29 August 2007 (UTC)


 * No - that's fine. Ultimately, the installation guide will replace this page (once it's sufficiently completed). --HappyDog 18:07, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Installing with Xampp
This manual page is extremely scary and off-putting, especially if you're on Windows. However, I just installed MediaWiki on top of Xampp, and it was actually extremely simple. It goes something like:
 * 1) Download Xampp
 * 2) Install with default parameters.
 * 3) Download Mediawiki, expand in htdocs folder.
 * 4) Configure as normal.

Perhaps someone would like to update this page to remove all the scariness, or at least give a massive pointer at the top to how easy it is these days? Stevage 15:20, 7 November 2007 (UTC)


 * This page will probably be replaced by Manual:Installation guide before too long, which is closer to what you suggest. --HappyDog 07:49, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Existing pages are linked as not existing
This topic has been moved to Thread:Project:Support_desk/Existing_pages_are_linked_as_not_existing. --88.130.120.103 21:12, 11 July 2015 (UTC)