Re: [Xmldatadumps-l] Setting up a local Wikipedia mirror with extensions

Dear Bastian, I can recommend that you try Debian. Mediawiki-1.19 LTS is available as a DEB package, and so are several extensions that are compatible with that version. My recommendation is qualified however in that mediawiki-1.19 does not render interlanguage links, infoboxes, references, or other features that appeared during the year 2013. Some of the smaller, less frequently updated wikipedias (e.g. `zuwiki') however are still render well. Wp-mirror-0.6 builds a mirror of `simplewiki' and `simplewiktionary' out-of-the-box with no user configuration. It is available as a DEB package (home page <http://www.nongnu.org/wp-mirror/>). That said, wp-mirror-0.6 requires as dependencies the above mentioned DEB packages for mediawiki-1.19 LTS and its extensions. So the same qualification as to rendering applies. I am currently developing wp-mirror-0.7. It will use mediawiki-1.23 LTS and therefore be able to make use of the `wikidatawiki', the `scribunto' extension, and other recently developed features. The Reference Manual for wp-mirror-0.7 will also have a section on virtual machines to make it easier for those running non-Debian distributions to give wp-mirror a try. I do not as yet have a release date. Sorry I can not be of greater help to you at this time. I will however get in touch with you later when wp-mirror-0.7 ships. Sincerely Yours, Kent On 1/14/14, Bastian koell &lt;bastian.koell(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: