What you need is a local webserver (preferable Apache) with PHP and MySQL. You can also try http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Running_MediaWiki , which includes links to the OS-specific pages.

After you get the webserver going, MediaWiki should work fine. (of course, you'll need some content, but you could probably find a smaller wiki that will give you a database backup.)

On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 21:34:37 -0400, ilooy ilooy.gaon@gmail.com wrote:

Hi, Thanks for whatever help you may be able to offer concerning this issue...

I am working on putting together a presentation for a couple of Conferences, one a Science and Technology conference at the McAuliffe Center, and another for World Language Teachers at the NHAWLT Conference.

I would like to have a local implementation of Mediawiki running so as to be able to show the editing of articles without going realtime. I'm not sure of what connectivity issues there may be at the conference centers and I'm still waiting to hear back if internet access will be available for presenters...

In speaking with Brion I mentioned that I had available a Laptop with Linspire, an iBook and a Gateway with XP.

I've had trouble getting a blue iMac connected and seeing the network at work... And I'm afraid of running into the same trouble with the iBook. The Linspire laptop seems happy with everything, and it's taken no time to get things the way I want them on it... recently I'd put MySQL and PHP on it but I'm not sure of the correct settings to make way for Mediawiki.

I've looked at the Mediawiki_on_Linux article and gotten some settings from there... has anyone had experience with Linspire/Debian on a laptop, who might be of help in giving helping hints as I make the move to get it working?

Again thanks for any helpful suggestions you may have on this subject.

Sincerely, Jay B. [[User:ILVI]] _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l