Manual:Install.php/en

Details
install.php file is a CLI-based maintenance script for the MediaWiki installation and configuration.

Usage
Default options are indicated in parentheses: php install.php [--conf|--confpath|--dbname|--dbpass|--dbpassfile|--dbpath|--dbport|--dbprefix|--dbschema|--dbserver|--dbtype|--dbuser|--env-checks|--globals

|--help|--installdbpass|--installdbuser|--lang|--memory-limit|--pass|--passfile|--profiler|--quiet|--scriptpath|--server|--wiki] [name]

Generic maintenance parameters:

 * --help (-h): Display this help message
 * --quiet (-q): Whether to suppress non-error output
 * --conf: Location of LocalSettings.php, if not default
 * --wiki: For specifying the wiki ID
 * --globals: Output globals at the end of processing for debugging
 * --memory-limit: Set a specific memory limit for the script, "max" for no limit or "default" to avoid changing it
 * --server: The protocol and server name to use in URLs, e.g.  http://en.wikipedia.org . This is sometimes necessary because server name detection may fail in command line scripts.
 * --profiler: Profiler output format (usually "text")

Script dependent parameters

 * --dbuser: The DB user to use for this script
 * --dbpass: The password to use for this script

Script specific parameters

 * --confpath: Path to write LocalSettings.php to (/var/www/)
 * --dbname: The database name (my_wiki)
 * --dbpassfile: An alternative way to provide dbpass option, as the contents of this file
 * --dbpath: The path for the SQLite DB ($IP/data)
 * --dbport: The database port; only for PostgreSQL (5432)
 * --dbprefix: Optional database table name prefix
 * --dbschema: The schema for the MediaWiki DB in PostgreSQL/Microsoft SQL Server (mediawiki)
 * --dbserver: The database host (localhost)
 * --dbtype: The type of database (mysql)
 * --env-checks: Run environment checks only, don't change anything
 * --installdbpass: The password for the DB user to install as.
 * --installdbuser: The user to use for installing (root)
 * --lang: The language to use (en)
 * --pass: The password for the wiki administrator.
 * --passfile: An alternative way to provide pass option, as the contents of this file
 * --scriptpath: The relative path of the wiki in the web server (/wiki)

Arguments

 * [name]: The name of the wiki (MediaWiki)
 *  : The username of the wiki administrator