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Upgrade to Mediawiki v1.36.2 from v1.35.2<br />
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;special for v1.36.x<br />
needs intl option for php installed and enabled<br />
<tt><br />
:sudo apt install php-intl<br />
:sudo phpenmod intl<br />
:sudo systemctl restart apache2<br />
</tt><br />
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commands run on RP3<br />
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<nowiki>#</nowiki>get distribution files for<br />
:mediawiki<br />
::mediawiki v1.36.2 <small>''(directory)''</small><br />
:skins<br />
::MinervaNeue <small>''(tarball)''</small><br />
:extensions<br />
::EmbedVideo-v2.9.0 <small>''(directory)''</small><br />
::PDFEmbed-2.0.2 <small>''(directory)''</small><br />
::MobileFrontend <small>''(tarball)''</small><br />
::OAuth <small>''(tarball)''</small><br />
::UserMerge <small>''(tarball)''</small><br />
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<nowiki>#</nowiki>set up directory to accept downloads<br />
<tt><br />
:cd ~/Downloads<br />
:mkdir Mediawiki-1.36.2-dist<br />
:cd Mediawiki-1.36.2-dist<br />
</tt><br />
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<nowiki>#</nowiki>get MediaWiki wiki v1.36.2<br />
<tt><br />
:wget https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.36/mediawiki-1.36.2.tar.gz<br />
:sudo tar -xzf mediawiki-1.36.2.tar.gz -C .<br />
</tt><br />
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<nowiki>#</nowiki>get UserMerge extension<br />
<tt><br />
:wget https://extdist.wmflabs.org/dist/extensions/UserMerge-REL1_36-a285dbc.tar.gz<br />
:sudo tar -xzf UserMerge-REL1_36-a285dbc.tar.gz -C ./mediawiki-1.36.2/extensions<br />
</tt><br />
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<nowiki>#</nowiki>get PDFEmbed extension<br><br />
'''PDFEmbed has some mods for mediawiki v1.35.x not available in PDFEmbed v2.0.2'''<br><br />
''<small>ignore</small>''<br />
::::''wget https://gitlab.com/hydrawiki/extensions/PDFEmbed/-/archive/2.0.2/PDFEmbed-2.0.2.zip''<br />
::::''unzip PDFEmbed-2.0.2.zip''<br />
::::''sudo cp -R PDFEmbed-2.0.2 ./mediawiki-1.35.2/extensions/PDFEmbed''<br><br />
''<small>ignore end </small>''<br><br />
<tt>sudo cp -R /var/lib/mediawiki-1.35.2/extensions/PDFEmbed ./mediawiki-1.36.2/extensions/PDFEmbed</tt><br />
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<nowiki>#</nowiki>get EmbedVideo extensions<br />
<tt><br />
:wget https://gitlab.com/hydrawiki/extensions/EmbedVideo/-/archive/v2.9.0/EmbedVideo-v2.9.0.zip<br />
:unzip EmbedVideo-v2.9.0.zip<br />
:sudo cp -R EmbedVideo-v2.9.0 ./mediawiki-1.36.2/extensions/EmbedVideo<br />
</tt><br />
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<nowiki>#</nowiki>get OAuth extension<br />
<tt><br />
:wget https://extdist.wmflabs.org/dist/extensions/OAuth-REL1_36-957681a.tar.gz<br />
:sudo tar -xzf OAuth-REL1_36-957681a.tar.gz -C ./mediawiki-1.36.2/extensions<br />
</tt><br />
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<nowiki>#</nowiki>get MobileFrontend extension<br />
<tt><br />
:wget https://extdist.wmflabs.org/dist/extensions/MobileFrontend-REL1_36-f78273c.tar.gz<br />
:sudo tar -xzf MobileFrontend-REL1_36-f78273c.tar.gz -C ./mediawiki-1.36.2/extensions<br />
</tt><br />
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<nowiki>#</nowiki>get skin to support MobileFrontend<br />
<tt><br />
:wget https://extdist.wmflabs.org/dist/skins/MinervaNeue-REL1_36-7203827.tar.gz<br />
:sudo tar -xzf MinervaNeue-REL1_36-7203827.tar.gz -C ./mediawiki-1.36.2/skins<br />
</tt><br />
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<nowiki>#</nowiki>copy image files<br />
<tt><br />
:sudo cp -rT /var/lib/mediawiki-1.35.2/images ./mediawiki-1.36.2/images/<br />
</tt><br />
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<nowiki>#</nowiki>copy icons<br />
<tt><br />
:sudo cp /var/lib/mediawiki-1.35.2/resources/assets/bradnor-logo-prod.png ./mediawiki-1.36.2/resources/assets/<br />
:sudo ln -s ./mediawiki-1.36.2/resources/assets/bradnor-logo-prod.png /var/lib/mediawiki-1.36.2/resources/assets/bradnor-logo.png <br />
:sudo cp /var/lib/mediawiki-1.35.2/resources/assets/favicon.ico ./mediawiki-1.36.2/resources/assets/<br />
</tt><br />
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<nowiki>#</nowiki>copy robots.txt<br />
<tt><br />
:sudo cp /var/lib/mediawiki-1.35.2/robots.txt ./mediawiki-1.36.2/<br />
</tt><br />
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<br />
<nowiki>#</nowiki>change ownerships and rights<br />
<tt><br />
:sudo chown -R ch:ch ./mediawiki-1.36.2<br />
:sudo chown -R www-data:www-data ./mediawiki-1.36.2/images<br />
:sudo chown -R www-data:www-data ./mediawiki-1.36.2/cache<br />
:sudo chmod -R go-w ./mediawiki-1.36.2<br />
</tt><br />
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<nowiki>#</nowiki>copy LocalSettings file in /etc<br />
<tt><br />
:sudo cp /etc/mediawiki/LocalSettings.php /etc/mediawiki/LocalSettings-1.36.2.php<br />
:sudo chown ch:www-data /etc/mediawiki/LocalSettings-1.36.2.php<br />
</tt><br />
<br />
<nowiki>#</nowiki>show maintenance logo for wiki<br />
<tt><br />
:sudo ln -sfT /var/www/html/bradnorwiki-maintenance /var/www/html/bradnorwiki<br />
</tt><br />
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<nowiki>#</nowiki>make live<br />
<tt><br />
:sudo mv ./mediawiki-1.36.2 /var/lib<br />
:sudo ln -s /etc/mediawiki/LocalSettings.php /var/lib/mediawiki-1.36.2/LocalSettings.php<br />
:sudo ln -sfT /etc/mediawiki/LocalSettings-1.36.2.php /etc/mediawiki/LocalSettings.php<br />
:sudo ln -sfT /var/lib/mediawiki-1.36.2 /var/lib/mediawiki<br />
<tt><br />
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<nowiki>#</nowiki>reboot apache<br />
<tt><br />
:sudo systemctl restart apache2<br />
</tt><br />
<br />
<nowiki>#</nowiki>run updates<br />
<tt><br />
:cd /var/lib/mediawiki/maintenance<br />
:sudo php update.php<br />
:sudo php rebuildall.php<br />
</tt><br />
<br />
<nowiki>#</nowiki>make visible<br />
<tt><br />
:sudo ln -sfT /var/www/html/bradnorwiki-new /var/www/html/bradnorwiki<br />
</tt></div>
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