On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Kevin Lucas kilucas@gotadsl.co.uk wrote:
- my installation instructions said to place v1.14.0 in a version- related
directory so it's in /var/www/mediawiki/mediawiki-1.14.0.
Which instructions say that? http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_14_0/phase3/INSTALL says to rename the directory to something else (mediawiki-1.14.0 is the default directory that would be created when you untar the files); the installation guide on MW.org doesn't say anything on the subject.
In any event, you should move everything so that MediaWiki is at /var/www/mediawiki (or just /var/www/w; see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL#Recommended_how-to_guide_.28s... ). You will need to update your Apache alias, $wgScriptPath (in LocalSettings.php), and possibly $wgArticlePath when you do this.
- the update instructions say I might not have an AdminSettings.php file
but later say I must have one and it's used in the update.php command line. I don't have one for my v1.14.0 mediawiki so do I need this and if not what is the command for running update without it please?
You won't have it if you haven't upgraded before; you'll need to either create it (copy AdminSettings.sample to AdminSettings.php and then edit it) or just define $wgDBadminuser and $wgDBadminpassword in LocalSettings.php.