[Mediawiki-l] pkg_added MediaWiki to FreeBSD server, what next?

[Matt]

If you've installed everything with the ports defaults, the MediaWiki
files will end up in /usr/local/www/data-dist/mediawiki.  If this
directory is outside of your web root (which it will be if you are
using Apache 2.2.x installed from ports) you can do something like
move manually into the directory of your choice within your web root
or add an Alias directive into the Apache configuration to point to
the installed directory.

There are also ways to force the port to install MediaWiki into your
directory of choice.  For example, you can define the environment
variable "MEDIAWIKIDIR" and set it to your desired install directory
before doing the "make" on the port.  If you do that, make sure to
update your pkgtools.conf file as well so the system remembers where
the files are installed when you do a future portupgrade.

Matt

On 5/20/06, Ken McDonald <ken at pixologic.com> wrote:
> The pkg_add worked with minor discrepancies (some of the software
> versions installed were slightly newer than the ones required by the
> packages), but I'll assume for the time being that won't cause problems;
> if it does, I'll just do a full "make".
>
> But what do I do next? Presumably I have to get php/config/etc files
> into my web server directory, somewhat as described in the 'generic'
> install page at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Installation, but do
> I do this by hand (and if so, from where), or is there a better way for
> FreeBSD? The instructions at
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Running_MediaWiki_on_FreeBSD talk
> about points involved in installing various extensions, but unless I'm
> missing something, doesn't mention anything about what is necessary to
> do between 'pkg_add' and restarting Apache. Since nothing obviously
> related to MW has appeared in my web server directory after the MW
> install, I'd assume I have to do _something_.
>
> Thanks,
> Ken
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