Simple question with a complex answer.
How do I install MediaWiki on Windows?
I have Windows XP, Apache 2, Perl, and Cygwin (to do UNIX stuff). I
don't have PHP or MySQL - I assume I need to install these? Is it
possible to use MS Access 2002 as the database (so it's one less
thing to install)? For TeX equations and other cool stuff, do I
also need some rendering or image-creating software?
I don't (think that I) have CVS, so is there a .tar.gz or a .zip
of the relatively recent MediaWiki? Or do I need to download the
Windows CVS client?
I'm currently using UseMod because I have Perl somewhere and it
works as a basic Wiki, but I like MediaWiki's uploads, equations,
advanced formatting, etc. UseMod's installation is basically "change
a few globals and copy into cgi-bin" - MediaWiki's seems more
complex; is it doable on Windows?
Is there any public website successfully running MediaWiki under
Apache/Windows or even IIS/Windows? Has anyone ever done this?
Another few questions: Whatever happened to Phase I, and what's the
difference between Wikipedia's Phase II and UseMod?
-[[User:Geoffrey]] Thomas
<geoffreyerffoeg(a)yahoo.com>
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