"in-place", as long as you have the necessary prerequisites available.
Required software:
-* Web server with PHP 5.2.x or higher.
+* Web server with PHP 5.3.2 or higher.
* A SQL server, the following types are supported
-** MySQL 4.0.14 or higher
+** MySQL 5.0.2 or higher
** PostgreSQL 8.3 or higher
-** SQLite
+** SQLite 3.3.7 or higher
+** Oracle 9.0.1 or higher
MediaWiki is developed and tested mainly on Unix/Linux platforms, but should
work on Windows as well.
If your PHP is configured as a CGI plug-in rather than an Apache module you may
experience problems, as this configuration is not well tested. safe_mode is also
-not tested and unlikely to work.
+not tested and unlikely to work.
-If you want math support see the instructions in math/README
+Support for rendering mathematical formulas requires installing the Math extension,
+see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Math
Don't forget to check the RELEASE-NOTES file...
******************* WARNING *******************
-REMEMBER: ALWAYS BACK UP YOUR DATABASE BEFORE
+REMEMBER: ALWAYS BACK UP YOUR DATABASE BEFORE
ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL OR UPGRADE!!!
******************* WARNING *******************
Decompress the MediaWiki installation archive either on your server, or on your
local machine and upload the directory tree. Rename it from "mediawiki-1.x.x" to
-something nice, like "wiki", since it'll be in your URL.
+something nice, like "wiki", since it will be appearing in your URL,
+ie. /wiki/index.php/Article.
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- | Hint: If you plan to use a fancy URL-rewriting scheme to prettify your |
- | URLs, you should put the files in a *different* directory from the |
- | virtual path where page names will appear. |
+ | Note: If you plan to use a fancy URL-rewriting scheme to prettify your |
+ | URLs, such as http://www.example.com/wiki/Article, you should put the |
+ | files in a *different* directory from the virtual path where page names |
+ | will appear. It is common in this case to use w as the folder name and |
+ | /wiki/ as the virtual article path where your articles pretend to be. |
| |
| See: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL |
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