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To serve a public website, see <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Installation_requirements" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Installation requirements">Manual:Installation requirements</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Installation_requirements" title="Manual:Installation requirements"> </a></span>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r4577480">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div style="margin-bottom: .5em; float: none; width: auto;" class="toclimit-2"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Install_prerequisites" data-mw-thread-id="h-Install_prerequisites"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Install_prerequisites"></span>Install prerequisites<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Install_prerequisites"></span></h2></div><p> MediaWiki requires PHP 7.4.3+ and Composer 2.</p><div class="mw-gadget-tabbedwindow"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Linux" data-mw-thread-id="h-Linux-Install_prerequisites"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Linux-Install_prerequisites"></span>Linux<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Linux-Install_prerequisites"></span></h3></div> <p>On Ubuntu 22+ or Debian 11+, install the required packages using <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APT_(software)" class="extiw" title="w:APT (software)">APT</a>. </p> <div style="max-width: fit-content;" class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-bash mw-content-ltr mw-highlight-copy" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span>sudo<span class="w"> </span>apt<span class="w"> </span>install<span class="w"> </span>-y<span class="w"> </span>php<span class="w"> </span>php-intl<span class="w"> </span>php-mbstring<span class="w"> </span>php-xml<span class="w"> </span>php-apcu<span class="w"> </span>php-curl<span class="w"> </span>php-sqlite3<span class="w"> </span>composer </pre></div> <p>On Ubuntu 20, install PHP from APT, but install Composer from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://getcomposer.org/download/">getcomposer.org/download</a>. </p> <div style="max-width: fit-content;" class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-bash mw-content-ltr mw-highlight-copy" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span>sudo<span class="w"> </span>apt<span class="w"> </span>install<span class="w"> </span>-y<span class="w"> </span>php<span class="w"> </span>php-intl<span class="w"> </span>php-mbstring<span class="w"> </span>php-xml<span class="w"> </span>php-apcu<span class="w"> </span>php-curl<span class="w"> </span>php-sqlite3 </pre></div> <p>On Fedora 35+, install the required packages using <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNF_(software)" class="extiw" title="w:DNF (software)">DNF</a>. </p> <div style="max-width: fit-content;" class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-bash mw-content-ltr mw-highlight-copy" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span>sudo<span class="w"> </span>dnf<span class="w"> </span>install<span class="w"> </span>-y<span class="w"> </span>php<span class="w"> </span>composer </pre></div> <p>On Arch Linux, install the required packages using <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pacman_(software)" class="extiw" title="w:pacman (software)">pacman</a>. </p> <div style="max-width: fit-content;" class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-bash mw-content-ltr mw-highlight-copy" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span>sudo<span class="w"> </span>pacman<span class="w"> </span>-S<span class="w"> </span>php<span class="w"> </span>composer<span class="w"> </span>--noconfirm </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mac" data-mw-thread-id="h-Mac-Install_prerequisites"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Mac-Install_prerequisites"></span>Mac<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Mac-Install_prerequisites"></span></h3></div> <p>Install the required packages using <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://brew.sh/">Homebrew</a>. </p> <div style="max-width: fit-content;" class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-bash mw-content-ltr mw-highlight-copy" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span>brew<span class="w"> </span>install<span class="w"> </span>php<span class="w"> </span>composer </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Windows" data-mw-thread-id="h-Windows-Install_prerequisites"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Windows-Install_prerequisites"></span>Windows<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Windows-Install_prerequisites"></span></h3></div> <p>You have the option to use the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/about">Windows Subsystem for Linux</a> and follow the Linux instructions on this page. Or, to install MediaWiki directly on Windows, install the required packages using <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://chocolatey.org/install">Chocolatey</a>. </p> <div style="max-width: fit-content;" class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-powershell mw-content-ltr mw-highlight-copy" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="n">choco</span> <span class="n">install</span> <span class="n">-y</span> <span class="n">php</span> <span class="n">composer</span> </pre></div> <p>To load the required PHP extensions, edit your php.ini file, and uncomment the following lines. To find the location of php.ini, run <code>php --ini</code>, and look for Loaded Configuration File. </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-ini mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="na">extension</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="s">fileinfo</span> <span class="na">extension</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="s">intl</span> <span class="na">extension</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="s">pdo_sqlite</span> <span class="na">extension</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="s">zip</span> </pre></div> </div> <p><br/> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Clone_MediaWiki" data-mw-thread-id="h-Clone_MediaWiki"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Clone_MediaWiki"></span>Clone MediaWiki<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Clone_MediaWiki"></span></h2></div> <p>Use <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git">Git</a> to clone the MediaWiki core repository and the default skin. </p> <div style="max-width: fit-content;" class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-bash mw-content-ltr mw-highlight-copy" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span>git<span class="w"> </span>clone<span class="w"> </span>https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/core.git<span class="w"> </span>mediawiki<span class="w"> </span> git<span class="w"> </span>clone<span class="w"> </span>https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/skins/Vector.git<span class="w"> </span>mediawiki/skins/Vector <span class="nb">cd</span><span class="w"> </span>mediawiki </pre></div> <p>Cloning MediaWiki takes a few minutes. While you're waiting, <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Developer_account" title="Special:MyLanguage/Developer account">create a Wikimedia developer account</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Developer_account" title="Developer account"> </a></span> if you don't already have one. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Install_dependencies" data-mw-thread-id="h-Install_dependencies"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Install_dependencies"></span>Install dependencies<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Install_dependencies"></span></h2></div> <p>From within your <code>mediawiki</code> directory, created above, use Composer to install MediaWiki's dependencies. </p> <div style="max-width: fit-content;" class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-bash mw-content-ltr mw-highlight-copy" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span>composer<span class="w"> </span>update </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Install_MediaWiki" data-mw-thread-id="h-Install_MediaWiki"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Install_MediaWiki"></span>Install MediaWiki<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Install_MediaWiki"></span></h2></div> <p>Install MediaWiki with PHP's built-in SQLite database. </p> <div style="max-width: fit-content;" class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-bash mw-content-ltr mw-highlight-copy" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span>composer<span class="w"> </span>mw-install:sqlite </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Start_server" data-mw-thread-id="h-Start_server"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Start_server"></span>Start server<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Start_server"></span></h2></div> <p>Start PHP's built-in webserver, and open <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://localhost:4000/">localhost:4000</a> in a browser to see your MediaWiki instance. To log in as an <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Administrators" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Administrators">administrator</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Administrators" title="Manual:Administrators"> </a></span>, use username <code>Admin</code> and password <code>adminpassword</code>. </p> <div style="max-width: fit-content;" class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-bash mw-content-ltr mw-highlight-copy" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span>composer<span class="w"> </span>serve </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Next_steps" data-mw-thread-id="h-Next_steps"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Next_steps"></span>Next steps<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Next_steps"></span></h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Code" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Code">Take a tour of the MediaWiki codebase</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Code" title="Manual:Code"> </a></span> – Familiarize yourself with MediaWiki's core code by learning about entry points and top-level directories.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:PHP_unit_testing" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:PHP unit testing">Run unit tests</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:PHP_unit_testing" title="Manual:PHP unit testing"> </a></span> – MediaWiki uses the PHPUnit framework for unit and integration testing of PHP code. Read the docs to run tests and find information about writing tests.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Extensions" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Extensions">Install extensions</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Extensions" title="Manual:Extensions"> </a></span> – Add extensions, like <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:VisualEditor" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:VisualEditor">VisualEditor</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:VisualEditor" title="Extension:VisualEditor"> </a></span> and <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Echo" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Echo">Echo</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:Echo" title="Extension:Echo"> </a></span>, to your development environment. See <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Developing_extensions" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Developing extensions">Manual:Developing extensions</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Developing_extensions" title="Manual:Developing extensions"> </a></span> to learn about how extensions work.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:How_to_debug" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:How to debug">Debug your code</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:How_to_debug" title="Manual:How to debug"> </a></span> – Learn how to configure debugging aids, and debug MediaWiki code step-by-step with XDebug.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Gerrit/Tutorial" title="Special:MyLanguage/Gerrit/Tutorial">Submit a patch</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Gerrit/Tutorial" title="Gerrit/Tutorial"> </a></span> – Explore <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/good_first_bugs" title="Special:MyLanguage/good first bugs">Good first bugs</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Good_first_bugs" title="Good first bugs"> </a></span>, and <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Gerrit/Tutorial#Configure_Git" title="Special:MyLanguage/Gerrit/Tutorial">configure SSH access</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Gerrit/Tutorial#Configure_Git" title="Gerrit/Tutorial"> </a></span> to Wikimedia Gerrit to submit a patch.</li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Local_development_quickstart&oldid=6864257">https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Local_development_quickstart&oldid=6864257</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Gadget:TabbedWindow" title="Category:Gadget:TabbedWindow">Gadget:TabbedWindow</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Development_environments" title="Category:Development environments">Development environments</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 22 November 2024, at 13:44.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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