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diff --git a/www-apps/mediawiki/files/postinstall-en.txt b/www-apps/mediawiki/files/postinstall-en.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..85236612f73b --- /dev/null +++ b/www-apps/mediawiki/files/postinstall-en.txt @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ + +Completing setup: + +To complete installation cd into the MediaWiki install location, but +make sure to start mysql first with: + +$ /etc/init.d/mysql start + +$ cd /var/www/localhost/htdocs/mediawiki/ + +The host directory, localhost, may change depending on your installation. + +Then temporarily make the MediaWiki /config directory writable +to the user the web server is running as. The quickest way is +to make the directory world writable. For example: + +$ chmod a+w config + +Then access it, for example: + +lynx http://localhost/mediawiki/config/ + +After setup move the newly created LocalSettings.php from the config/ +directory to the main mediawiki directory, for example: + +$ mv config/LocalSettings.php . + + Remember to restore safe permissions to the MediaWiki config/ and + LocalSettings.php (which contains clear-text passwords). + chmod a-w config + chmod ug=r,o= LocalSettings.php + chown root:apache LocalSettings.php + +After these steps MediaWiki should be accesable at +http://localhost/mediawiki/ + +Enabling Optional Features: + +If you wish to enable image uploads then you must manually edit the +LocalSettings.php file to uncomment the \$wgDisableUploads line. If" +MediaWiki was built with the imagemagick USE flag the directory +permissions are correct, otherwise you must install ImageMagick and" +also adjust permissions on the images directory to allow the server +to write. For example: + +$ chown apache:apache /var/www/localhost/htdocs/mediawiki/images + +If you wish to enable the math support then you must manually edit" +the LocalSettings.php file to uncomment the \$wgUseTeX line. +Mediawiki must have been built with the tetex USE flag enabled or the +necessary support executable will not be present. |