Installing Wikipedia Phase III Software
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-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
"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
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.