{"id":1433,"date":"2013-12-18T15:34:55","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T21:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/?p=1433"},"modified":"2022-06-03T03:47:12","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T08:47:12","slug":"how-to-install-mediawiki-on-debian-wheezy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-mediawiki-on-debian-wheezy\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install MediaWiki on Debian"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24980\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/How-to-install-MediaWiki-on-Debian.jpg\" alt=\"How to install MediaWiki on Debian\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/How-to-install-MediaWiki-on-Debian.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/How-to-install-MediaWiki-on-Debian-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/How-to-install-MediaWiki-on-Debian-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/How-to-install-MediaWiki-on-Debian-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/How-to-install-MediaWiki-on-Debian-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/How-to-install-MediaWiki-on-Debian-860x430.jpg 860w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/How-to-install-MediaWiki-on-Debian-680x340.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/How-to-install-MediaWiki-on-Debian-500x250.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/How-to-install-MediaWiki-on-Debian-400x200.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/How-to-install-MediaWiki-on-Debian-200x100.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/How-to-install-MediaWiki-on-Debian-50x25.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll show you, How to install MediaWiki on Debian. MediaWiki is an open source PHP-based software application developed by the Wikimedia Foundation. MediaWiki requires Apache web server, PHP 5 and a database server (MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQLite) installed and running on the server. This is a short tutorial on how to install MediaWiki on a virtual server with <a title=\"Debian VPS Hosting\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/debian-hosting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Debian Wheezy<\/a>. <!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69efb9530b247\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69efb9530b247\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-mediawiki-on-debian-wheezy\/#1-Update-OS-Packages\" >1. Update OS Packages<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-mediawiki-on-debian-wheezy\/#2-Install-MySQL-Server\" >2. Install MySQL Server<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-mediawiki-on-debian-wheezy\/#3-Set-Up-Root-Password\" >3. Set Up Root Password<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-mediawiki-on-debian-wheezy\/#4-Install-Apache-and-PHP\" >4. Install Apache and PHP<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-mediawiki-on-debian-wheezy\/#5-Install-ImageMagick\" >5. Install ImageMagick<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-mediawiki-on-debian-wheezy\/#6-Install-MediaWiki\" >6. Install MediaWiki<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-mediawiki-on-debian-wheezy\/#6-Configure-PHP\" >6. Configure PHP<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-mediawiki-on-debian-wheezy\/#7-Restart-Apache\" >7. Restart Apache<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-mediawiki-on-debian-wheezy\/#8-Configure-MediaWiki\" >8.\u00a0Configure\u00a0MediaWiki<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-mediawiki-on-debian-wheezy\/#9-Continue-the-Installation-via-Web-Browser\" >9. Continue the Installation via Web Browser<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1-Update-OS-Packages\"><\/span>1. Update OS Packages<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Make sure your virtual server is up-to-date:<\/p>\n<pre>apt-get update\r\napt-get upgrade<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2-Install-MySQL-Server\"><\/span>2. Install MySQL Server<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&#8216;apt-get update&#8217; will refresh your package list so it&#8217;s all up to date, then the upgrade will upgrade any packages that have newer versions. Install MySQL using the following command:<\/p>\n<pre>apt-get install mysql-client mysql-common  mysql-server<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3-Set-Up-Root-Password\"><\/span>3. Set Up Root Password<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Set the mysql root password:<\/p>\n<pre>mysqladmin -u root password xxxxxxxx<\/pre>\n<p>where &#8216;xxxxxxxx&#8217; will be your new mysql &#8216;root&#8217; password. Set up a new user for the mediawiki database and create &#8216;mediawiki&#8217; MySQL database using the MySQL command line client as follows:<\/p>\n<pre>#mysql -u root -p mysql\r\nmysql &gt; create database mediawiki;\r\nmysql &gt; grant index, create, select, insert, update, delete, alter, lock tables on mediawiki.* to 'your_wiki_user'@'localhost' identified by 'your_password';\r\nmysql &gt; flush privileges;<\/pre>\n<p>Do not forget to change &#8216;your_wiki_user&#8217; and &#8216;your_password&#8217; accordingly.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4-Install-Apache-and-PHP\"><\/span>4. Install Apache and PHP<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Install Apache and PHP using the following command:<\/p>\n<pre>apt-get install apache2 libapache2-mod-php5 php5 php5-common php5-cli php5-mysql php5-mcrypt php5-curl php5-gd php5-curl php5-intl php-pear<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5-Install-ImageMagick\"><\/span>5. Install ImageMagick<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Optionally,\u00a0 install ImageMagick for image resizing:<\/p>\n<pre>apt-get install ImageMagick<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6-Install-MediaWiki\"><\/span>6. Install MediaWiki<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Install the MediaWiki package:<\/p>\n<pre>apt-get install mediawiki mediawiki-extensions<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6-Configure-PHP\"><\/span>6. Configure PHP<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Locate the php configuration file using the following command:<\/p>\n<pre>php -i | grep php.ini<\/pre>\n<p>By default it is \/etc\/php5\/apache2\/php.ini Edit the &#8216;php.ini&#8217; file and add\/modify the following lines:<\/p>\n<pre>max_execution_time = 300\r\nmax_input_time = 120\r\n; Maximum amount of memory a script may consume (set 'memory_limit' to at least 20MB, recommended value is 128MB or higher)\r\nmemory_limit = 20M\r\nextension=mysql.so\r\nextension=gd.so<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"7-Restart-Apache\"><\/span>7. Restart Apache<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Restart Apache for the changes to take effect:<\/p>\n<pre>service apache2 restart<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"8-Configure-MediaWiki\"><\/span>8.\u00a0Configure\u00a0MediaWiki<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Configure\u00a0MediaWiki at:<\/p>\n<pre>http:\/\/&lt;your-IP-or-hostname&gt;\/mediawiki\/config<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"9-Continue-the-Installation-via-Web-Browser\"><\/span>9. Continue the Installation via Web Browser<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Open http:\/\/&lt;your-IP-or-hostname&gt;\/mediawiki\/ and follow the installation instructions (setup some settings, such as : wiki name, name and password for the wiki administrator, the name of the database, MySQL user and password). After everything is done, do not forget to delete the entire config directory for security reason.<\/p>\n<p>Of course you don&#8217;t have to install MediaWiki on Debian, if you use one of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/mediawiki-hosting.html\">MediaWiki VPS hosting services<\/a>, in which case you can simply ask our expert Linux admins to install MediaWiki for you. They are available 24&#215;7 and will take care of your request immediately.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">PS<\/span>.<\/strong> If you liked this post, on how to install MediaWiki on Debian,\u00a0 please share it with your friends on the social networks using the buttons on the left or simply leave a reply below. Thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ll show you, How to install MediaWiki on Debian. 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