[Mediawiki-l] How do i get off?

Jono Bradley jono.bradley at ntlworld.com
Tue Oct 17 20:24:00 UTC 2006


Hey guys - how do I get off this mailing list?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Kirk" <gary.kirk at gmail.com>
To: "MediaWiki announcements and site admin list"
<mediawiki-l at wikimedia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 9:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Installing MediaWiki on a co-lo server


> So once I've "unpacked" the tar.gz, I upload the unpacked files and
> folders to my webspace?  And then use phpMyAdmin I guess!
>
>
> -----
> Gary Kirk
>
> On 10/17/06, Robert Leverington <lcarsdata at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > You need to download the latest version of MediaWiki from sourceforge,
> > the .tar.gz file as you thought.
> >
> > MediaWiki needs to be unpacked to run on a server, this can be done
> > manually in Windows XP using an unpacking program such as WikiRAR or
> > WinZip or (I think) done via UNIX on some servers. Once you have
> > unpacked it (or before if you are using the second method) you need to
> > create a MySQL database using your web hosting package and then go to
> > the wiki directory where it will prompt you to install MediaWiki.
> >
> > On 17/10/06, Gary Kirk <gary.kirk at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I'm getting a shared package and  wanting to install MediaWiki there.
> > > It's Linux hosting and has all the prerequisites. My question is this:
> > > what is it I am supported to download, and install? I think I'm
> > > supposed to download the tar.gz file, but then what? Do I upload it
> > > (via FTP) to my webspace, and if so, will it unpack itself or what? I
> > > run Windows XP on my desktop. For the record, I haven't purchased the
> > > package yet, so I can't try things out yet, just want advice.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > --
> > > Gary Kirk
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> > --
> > Robert (aka Lcarsdata),
> >
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