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To set up [[mediawiki]] with a SuSE [[Linux]] [[distribution]], issue the [[command]]s
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To [[set up mediawiki]] with a SuSE Linux distribution, issue the [[command]]s
  yast -i [[apache]]2_mod_php5
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  yast -i [[apache]]2-mod_php5
 
  yast -i [[mysql]]
 
  yast -i [[mysql]]
 
  yast -i php5-mysql
 
  yast -i php5-mysql
 
  /etc/init.d/apache2 start
 
  /etc/init.d/apache2 start
 
  /etc/init.d/mysql start
 
  /etc/init.d/mysql start
Download mediawiki from http://www.mediawiki.org and extract it to /srv/www/htdocs.
 
  
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* Make sure you can see websites from /srv/www/htdocs. To do this:
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cp /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/vhost.template /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/vhost.conf
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* change DocumentRoot in /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/vhost.conf so it points to /srv/www/htdocs
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* create a file index.htm in /srv/www/htdocs
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* restart apache
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/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
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* surf to http://localhost and verify you get index.htm served
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* Download mediawiki from http://www.mediawiki.org and save it to /tmp. In this example we assume it is mediawiki 1.21.2.
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Then extract the mediawiki installation package, in this case to apache's default directory:
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cd /srv/www/htdocs
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tar xvzf /tmp/mediawiki-1.21.2.tar.gz
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mv mediawiki-1.21.2 mediawiki
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chown -R wwwrun:www mediawiki
 
Then, point your browser to http://localhost/mediawiki. You see a web site like this:
 
Then, point your browser to http://localhost/mediawiki. You see a web site like this:
  
[[Image:Snapshot-mediawiki-setup.png]]
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<pic src="/images/Snapshot-mediawiki-setup.png" width=50%/>
  
 
Continue as instructed. Your root database password is blank ("").
 
Continue as instructed. Your root database password is blank ("").
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= See also =
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* Blog about setting up mediawiki with Ubuntu 20.04: http://try-linux.blogspot.com/2020/12/testing-adaptivethumb-my-mediawiki.html
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* Blog about setting up mediawiki with Debian 10: http://try-linux.blogspot.com/2020/10/a-new-look-for-linuxintroorg.html

Latest revision as of 16:09, 4 January 2021

To set up mediawiki with a SuSE Linux distribution, issue the commands

yast -i apache2-mod_php5
yast -i mysql
yast -i php5-mysql
/etc/init.d/apache2 start
/etc/init.d/mysql start
  • Make sure you can see websites from /srv/www/htdocs. To do this:
cp /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/vhost.template /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/vhost.conf
  • change DocumentRoot in /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/vhost.conf so it points to /srv/www/htdocs
  • create a file index.htm in /srv/www/htdocs
  • restart apache
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Then extract the mediawiki installation package, in this case to apache's default directory:

cd /srv/www/htdocs
tar xvzf /tmp/mediawiki-1.21.2.tar.gz
mv mediawiki-1.21.2 mediawiki
chown -R wwwrun:www mediawiki

Then, point your browser to http://localhost/mediawiki. You see a web site like this:

Continue as instructed. Your root database password is blank ("").

See also