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Mediawiki is a free and open source wiki software that allows you to create your own wiki site. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Mediawiki with Apache web server on Ubuntu 18.04 server.
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Get Error
php7.2-mcrypt not found
Works fine without php7.2-mcrypt.
I cannot seem to get the webpage working despite following instructions. Says
Hi,
I've went over all phases till the wiki page should be present in "http://IP" but I see the default 'Apache' page.
What did i missed?
This setup also works for me on Ubuntu 18.04
sudo apt updatesudo apt upgradesudo apt-get install apache2 mysql-server php php-mysql libapache2-mod-php php-xml php-mbstringcd /tmp/wget https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.34/mediawiki-1.34.2.tar.gztar -xvzf /tmp/mediawiki-*.tar.gzsudo mkdir /var/www/mediawikisudo mv mediawiki-*/* /var/www/mediawikisudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/mediawikisudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.confreplace DocumentRoot /var/www/htmlwith DocumentRoot /var/www/mediawikisudo service apache2 restartsudo mysql -u root -pmysql> CREATE USER 'media'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';mysql> quit;sudo mysql -u rootmysql> CREATE DATABASE my_wiki;mysql> use my_wiki;mysql> GRANT ALL ON my_wiki.* TO 'media'@'localhost';mysql>quit;open http://127.0.0.1 and finish installation usingDatabase name: my_wikiDatabase username: mediaDatabase password: passwordCopy created LocalSettings.php to /var/www/mediawikisudo cp LocalSettings.php /var/www/mediawiki