On 03/31/2013 10:58 PM, Dmitrii Kouznetsov wrote:

Should I install git ?

No, this is a complete, downloadable version.

Should I install PHP ?

Yes, MediaWiki requires at least version 5.3.2 of PHP.

Should I install MathJax ? Should I install C++? Suould I install Latex?

None of these is needed.

What versions of the software above are required for and compatible with your version of wiki?

Note that this is a release candidate for MediaWiki 1.21.0 -- it is not "my" version of the software as I've done nothing special with this. I am the release manager for MediaWiki and this is a release candidate for a normal release.

This may not be absolutely clear since I used my own server for the release instead of download.wikimedia.org. I had the release ready and didn't want to wait for someone to upload it to download.wm.o, so I put it on my own server. The next release candidate will be on download.wm.o.

Does your version of wiki support pictures in PDF and/or EPS format?

MediaWiki supports uploading PDF and EPS files with the right configuration. I haven't tried uploading EPS files, but providing thumbnails of these and the PDFs should work.