I'm trying to set up a localhost-only wiki for development which will not be web-facing.
I've been following here [1] and also [2], and have got as far as 'Configure MediaWiki', and navigating to http://localhost and there I'm stuck.
The browser shows -
╭──── │MediaWiki 1.30.0 │ │LocalSettings.php not found. │ │Please set up the wiki first. ╰────
But every time that I click on 'set up the wiki' it takes me to 'http://localhost/mw-config/index.php' and an "Error code 500".
This is where I've installed mediawiki - /var/www/html/mediawiki
Please someone, tell me where I'm going wrong and get me back working properly again.
Thanks Sharon.
[1] - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Running_MediaWiki_on_Debian_or_Ubuntu [2] - "Mediawiki" By Daniel J. Barrett, published by O'Reilly in 2009
Enable the display of PHP error messages, so that it will give you more details than "Error 500": https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:How_to_debug#PHP_errors
(You will have to use the php.ini or .htaccess method, since obviously you don't have a LocalSettings.php file yet. Ignore everything on that page that mentions LocalSettings.php :) )
Once you have a reasonable error message, we should be able to find out what is going wrong.
you really need to spend a few minutes here;
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Installation_guide
read the install instructions, follow them exactly. FYI the LocalSettings.php is a file the is generated by the installation script. It is populated by your answers to the questions during the installation. It should be "downloaded" automatically to your download directory, wherever you have it. You should copy it to the directory where you set up the MediaWiki software to operate from. I'm not trying to be vague, but your question is not specific enough for more than a general discussion. I hope this helps. john
On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 11:03 AM, Sharon Kimble boudiccas@skimble.plus.com wrote:
I'm trying to set up a localhost-only wiki for development which will not be web-facing.
I've been following here [1] and also [2], and have got as far as 'Configure MediaWiki', and navigating to http://localhost and there I'm stuck.
The browser shows -
╭──── │MediaWiki 1.30.0 │ │LocalSettings.php not found. │ │Please set up the wiki first. ╰────
But every time that I click on 'set up the wiki' it takes me to ' http://localhost/mw-config/index.php' and an "Error code 500".
This is where I've installed mediawiki - /var/www/html/mediawiki
Please someone, tell me where I'm going wrong and get me back working properly again.
Thanks Sharon.
[1] - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Running_MediaWiki_ on_Debian_or_Ubuntu [2] - "Mediawiki" By Daniel J. Barrett, published by O'Reilly in 2009 -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk TGmeds = http://www.tgmeds.org.uk DrugFacts = https://www.drugfacts.org.uk Debian 9.4, fluxbox 1.3.7, emacs 25.3.4, org 9.1.7
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