X-Git-Url: https://git.cyclocoop.org/%27.WWW_URL.%27admin/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL;h=c4bb8be987f486a0b14bc272125ed4a449131311;hb=6b3c29c568194fb1abbf364568cb3eb6a73e0122;hp=e5bf0c116e317d7dd0466329e193316549aecba1;hpb=5ff6d358cdabe949652d5e7c58bd4403c7c02aa9;p=lhc%2Fweb%2Fwiklou.git diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index e5bf0c116e..c4bb8be987 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -6,8 +6,12 @@ Starting with MediaWiki 1.2.0, it's possible to install and configure the wiki "in-place", as long as you have the necessary prerequisites available. Required software: -* Web server with PHP 5.x or higher. -* A MySQL server, 4.0.14 or higher OR a Postgres server, 8.1 or higher +* Web server with PHP 5.3.2 or higher. +* A SQL server, the following types are supported +** MySQL 5.0.2 or higher +** PostgreSQL 8.3 or higher +** 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. @@ -51,36 +55,19 @@ something nice, like "wiki", since it'll be in your URL. | See: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -To run the install script, you'll need to temporarily make the 'config' -subdirectory writable by the web server. The simplest way to do this on a -Unix/Linux system is to make it world-writable: - - chmod a+w config - Hop into your browser and surf into the wiki directory. It'll direct you into the config script. Fill out the form... remember you're probably not on an encrypted connection. Gaaah! :) If all goes well, you should soon be told that it's set up your wiki database -and written a configuration file. There should now be a 'LocalSettings.php' in -the config directory; move it back up to the main wiki directory, and the wiki -should now be working. - - +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ - | Security hint: if you have limited access on your server and cannot | - | change ownership of files, you might want to *copy* instead of *move* | - | LocalSettings.php. | - | | - | This will make the file owned by your user account instead of by | - | the web server, which is safer in case another user's account is | - | compromised. | - +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ - -Once the wiki is set up, you should remove the config directory, or at least -make it not world-writable (though it will refuse to config again if the wiki -is set up). +and generated a configuration file. There is now a copy of "LocalSettings.php" +available to download from the installer. Download this now, there is not a +way (yet) to get it after you exit the installer. Place it in the main wiki +directory, and the wiki should now be working. +Once the wiki is set up, you should remove the mw-config directory (though it will +refuse to config again if the wiki is set up). ---- @@ -96,4 +83,3 @@ http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce (low traffic) http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l (site admin support) http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l (development) -