From 5d1c1f183e1fbb56af5358aa3401532c86fc1e33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Erik Moeller Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 04:48:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] fixing tpyos, adding note on PHP interpreter for Debian users --- INSTALL | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index d47509f8a5..469f3b8551 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Installing Wikipedia Phase III Software ---- -The Wikipedia software was developed collabortively by +The Wikipedia software was developed collaboratively by many people, so it's something of a hodgepodge. The main wiki software itself is written in PHP, and requires the Apache web server and MySQL database. The optional @@ -30,13 +30,18 @@ Before installing the software, you must copy the file "LocalSettings.sample" to "LocalSettings.php", and "AdminSettings.sample" to "AdminSettings.php", and customize both of the php files to your local setup -(things like installation parh, passwords, etc.) The +(things like installation path, passwords, etc.) The script install.php can then be run to install the software. It must be run from the command line with PHP: that is, type "php install.php" (you may need to specify the path the php executable). You will probably need to run as root. + Hint: If you are using Debian, the PHP interpreter is + not part of the "php4" package; you need to install + php4-cgi separately (the interpreter will be called + php4). + This script will copy all the necessary software over to the directories you have specified in the settings files. It will then warn you that it is about to create the @@ -49,7 +54,7 @@ to your MySQL installation. If you are merely updating an existing installation, run "php update.php" instead of install. This will copy all -the software, and also run any dtabase updates that may +the software, and also run any database updates that may be necessary. These should give appropriate warnings if there are any dangerous ones. -- 2.20.1