Manual:Running MediaWiki on Arch Linux
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Arch Wiki has a page about MediaWiki that provides more details, but lacks paste-able code to quickly get things up and running. So the focus here is on just the basic recipe for a quick installation.
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Install Apache, PHP, MySQL, and MediaWiki[edit | edit source]
pacman -S mediawiki mysql php apache php-apache
Set up MySQL[edit | edit source]
systemctl start mysqld; systemctl enable mysqld
Set a database root password:
mysqladmin -u root password password history -c
Set up Apache and PHP[edit | edit source]
cd /etc/webapps/mediawiki; grep -v open_basedir apache.example.conf > httpd-mediawiki.conf cd /usr/share/webapps/mediawiki; perl -p -i -e "s/deny/allow/" .htaccess
cat >> /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf << EOF LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp5.so Include conf/extra/php5_module.conf Include /etc/webapps/mediawiki/httpd-mediawiki.conf EOF
Edit /etc/php/php.ini and add ":/usr/share/webapps/:/var/lib/mediawiki" at the end of the "open_basedir=" line. (/var/lib/mediawiki is the directory for uploads.) In the same file, remove the leading semicolon in the line with the mysql module ("extension=mysql.so").
Now start Apache and tell systemd to launch it during boot:
systemctl start httpd; systemctl enable httpd
Use the browser to configure MediaWiki[edit | edit source]
Go to http://localhost/mediawiki/mw-config/index.php and follow the instructions. Enter the database root password you defined above in the appropriate box. Don't skip any parts of the installation even if the installer suggests it—you need those extra steps to enable file uploads and wiki extensions.
When configuration is finished, your browser will download the file LocalSettings.php. Copy it to /usr/share/webapps/mediawiki/. Your Wiki should now be accessible at http://localhost/mediawiki/.
Uploads and image thumbnails[edit | edit source]
If you have enabled image uploads in LocalSettings.php ($wgEnableUploads = true;), you may want to install ImageMagick
pacman -S imagemagick
and uncomment the lines
$wgUseImageMagick = true; $wgImageMagickConvertCommand = "/usr/bin/convert";
in /usr/share/webapps/mediawiki/LocalSettings.php. Then restart Apache for the changes to take effect:
systemctl restart httpd
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