Installation. This page covers all steps to manually install and configure MediaWiki. MediaWiki can be difficult to install if you do not have any experience with Apache (web server software), PHP and MySQL/MariaDB (database). The Appendices section below offers easier alternatives to manual installation. The Appendices section below also provides installation notes for specific system configurations.
Check the installation requirements Check that your system meets the installation requirements. Make sure to also check the Release notes of the MediaWiki version that you plan to install. Download the MediaWiki software Download the MediaWiki tar file from the official download page. Generally, if you're using a production environment, you want to be running the latest stable release, which is MediaWiki 1.38.4.
Extract the MediaWiki software The downloaded file is in .zip or in .tar.gz file format. On Windows, uncompressing is usually done with software such as 7-Zip (free), WinZip, WinRAR or IZArc (free). Customize MediaWiki into Your Ultimate Collaborative Web Site - The free MediaWiki software is best known for powering Wikipedia, but you don't have to be writing an encyclopedia to put it to good use. Extend, skin, and customize MediaWiki to create any kind of easy-to-update, collaborative web site. When and Why MediaWiki? MediaWiki is arguably the most advanced, install-it-yourself, free wiki package available. A wiki is an editable web site; you can change each page's content without having to log into a content management system like WordPress or access the server via FTP or other means—you just hit the edit button.
MediaWiki's greatest strengths are that it makes web site pages easy to update, and it makes managing page changes by multiple users very easy as well. Recently, Adam and I used MediaWiki to write, publish, and expand a book-in-progress using MediaWiki. MediaWiki Installation and Basic Usage To use MediaWiki, you'll need a web server with PHP and MySQL available and some experience installing web applications. MediaWiki Skins. Geek to Live: How to set up a personal home web server - Apache. Geek to Live: How to assign a domain name to your home web serve. Build a Home FTP Server with FileZilla - Downloads - Lifehacker.