I am looking for basic instructions on how to install MediaWiki. I downloaded Mediaiwiki 1.41.1. Now what? I am using a PC with windows.
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It is very disappointing that the seemingly *only* official source for MediaWiki releases, releases.wikimedia.org, requires client to support 206 partial content downloads.
Any client that cannot handle such chunked downloads will result in a truncated (=garbage) download.
I would like to see this configuration changed so that minimal clients could download MediaWiki releases.
A 206 response code should only be sent if your request contains a Range header. If you're seeing a 206 response code without sending a Range header, that's a bug, and we will need more details in order to isolate it.
I finally succussed after 3 months of failure! I am so happy now.
Using 7zip for extracting the downloaded .tar.gz does not work. I ran into this issue myself and found a thread by someone who had the same problem: Topic:Vp73pxywm362a3t5 Using the tar command that was brought over to Windows 10 a few releases ago did work, though. This download help page should be updated accordingly.
thanks @Itschotsch!
btw, tar is on board since Windows 10 build 17063 [1] (so since 21 Dec 2017[2])
[1]: https://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/use-tar-on-windows-10/
[2]: https://www.windowscentral.com/windows-10-build-17063-pc-everything-you-need-know
Thank you for this comment, I came here to do the same.
It's disappointing to discover that no action has yet been taken on something so fundamental.
I have wasted two days trusting the instructions as they stand.
I see where 7.4.0 to 7.4.2 is not compatible, but I'm about to upgrade from 7.0.33 to 7.4.5. Can someone verify PHP >7.4.2 is good?
7.4.3 works
1.39.4 is labeled "legacy", but according to MediaWiki 1.39, "MediaWiki 1.39 is the current long-term support release of MediaWiki." (emphasis mine). I tried changing it myself, but there were so many nested templates that I had to give up😔
Done. Apparently only Template:DownloadMediaWiki needs to be updated, commenting / uncommenting the relevant lines, to avoid invalidating translated texts.
I've made one change, to Template:DownloadMediaWiki (see Topic:W9xkf3yz1ztx9h2u) but there are other parts of the Download page to change too. I apologise if I didn't do the edit correctly.
Hi
I would like to help set up a wiki for a charity and being a regular Wikipedia editor I know how useful Visual Editor is. However the instructions to install Visual Editor all kinds of complicated and scary compared to installed MediaWiki. Would it be possible/how much extra work would it be to providea version of the MediaWiki installer which included VE?
Thanks :)
The instructions are 'scary' because it is complicated. In a few years it might be simpler, but that is not likely any time soon, sorry.
That's a disappointing perspective. I'm sure if enough people are frustrated they will make downloading it simple. John Cummings, do you have/know a contact inside Wikipedia who could change the downloading process? It didn't download for me, either.
The instructions aren't just "scary," they're lacking, vague on specific steps necessary to get it all to work.
I can see that there is no link to download 1.35, but the link for 1.39 appears twice. The parapgrahps under the links doesn't make sense neither:
- MediaWiki 1.39.1 (download .zip, download .tar.gz) - stable
- MediaWiki 1.38.5 (download .zip, download .tar.gz) - legacy
- MediaWiki 1.39.1 (download .zip, download .tar.gz) - long-term support (LTS)
To users of MediaWiki versions version 1.36, 1.37 and 1.34 and earlier: These versions are no longer supported. Please update to a newer version of MediaWiki.
I think that the third link (second time refering to 1.39.1) should point to 1.35.5 as the LTS, right?
lol we had this wrong since the release of 1.39 it seems...
I think I've fixed it
It is fixed (I am the original user). Thanks!