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@yahoo.com

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