Yes, please do not install MediaWiki via apt-get or aptitude. It will be old version with suboptimal settings. It is much better to install it manually. Speaking of Ubuntu, I think WMF is running a lot of Ubuntu / Debian systems. So, Ubuntu should be the best way of running MediaWiki. Dmitriy
On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 10:55 AM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > David: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Running_MediaWiki_on_Ubuntu > > That warning could be clearer about what it's referring to. > > > On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 2:24 PM, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Where does it say it's unsupported? Some older page, talking about the > > distro version? I routinely use MW from tarball on Ubuntu and it's > > fine. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Debian/Ubuntu > > > > I'd personally recommend you install the prerequisites then use the > > MediaWiki tarball, but the distro 1.19 in recent versions of Ubuntu > should > > be > > good (if a bit old). > > > > I have done MW on Solaris and it was an exercise in pain, unless you > > use something that resolves dependencies for you. That is to say, a > > Linux. > > > > > > - d. > > > > > > > > On 20 July 2014 20:55, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I have experience with Ubuntu but MediaWiki says that Ubuntu is > > > unsupported. Which Linux distro would people recommend, and which > distro > > of > > > Linux does WMF use for MediaWiki? I am thinking about installing Debian > > but > > > am open to any suggestions that have a friendly UX. > > > > > > Solaris is an option also. > > > > > > Pine > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
