apache config for mediawiki install on slackware 14.1

zarb · 03-19-2014, 12:25 PM

Hey all,

All references I've seen regarding howto configure MediaWiki (www.mediawiki.org) on Slackware starts with instructions to add the new directory in the "IfModule mod_alias.c" section of Apache config file.

However, in my distribution of Slackware (14.1) I don't have that section in my Apache config file.

My usual method when this happens is to just "put it anywhere" but I thought I'd ask here first.

Zarb.

bathory · 03-19-2014, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zarb

Hey all,

All references I've seen regarding howto configure MediaWiki (www.mediawiki.org) on Slackware starts with instructions to add the new directory in the "IfModule mod_alias.c" section of Apache config file.

However, in my distribution of Slackware (14.1) I don't have that section in my Apache config file.

My usual method when this happens is to just "put it anywhere" but I thought I'd ask here first.

Zarb.

Yes, add your Alias directive without bothering about the "IfModule mod_alias.c"

Regards

zarb · 03-23-2014, 12:23 AM

Curious about the final step in stabilizing the mediawiki on my system; the software page's instructions look like this:

"Loading The Dump"

Unzip the dump by typing: bunzip2 20031231_cur_table.sql.bz2 (this will take a while depending on the size of the dump and the speed of your workstation).
Import the dump in your database by starting a mysql session as above, if you have not done so, loading the wiki database (the name as you gave above), by typing: use <wiki db> and then importing the data by typing: source /path/20031231_cur_table.sql. This will also take a long time.

At this point you should have a working install with some data in it.

However, I don't have the dump file in question, and can't find it anywhere. It shouldn't really matter, as long as I can find one like it.

Recommendation?

Zarb.

bathory · 03-23-2014, 05:59 AM

I have never installed a mediawiki, so I don't know why you need an older databse dump.
Anyway from the instructions you have to go here to get the dump you want