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Actually, the string for ''enableSemantics'' is an identifier, needed to identify any exported data. The [http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Installation Semantic MediaWiki website] suggests using the server's host name for this purpose (if you have multiple hostnames, just pick any one of them).
Actually, the string for ''enableSemantics'' is an identifier, needed to identify any exported data. The [http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Installation Semantic MediaWiki website] suggests using the server's host name for this purpose (if you have multiple hostnames, just pick any one of them).


3) We now run the maintenance script that sets up the MySQL database. This is a two-step affair:
3) Enable the SMW extension, by creating a link to it under ''/etc/mediawiki-extensions/extensions-enabled'':
- first set the MW_INSTALL_PATH environment variable to the root of the MediaWiki installation. This path is where ''LocalSettings.php'' and ''index.php'' are located; most likely it's ''/usr/share/mediawiki''.
cd /etc/mediawiki-extensions/extensions-enabled/
ln -s ../extensions-available/SemanticMediaWiki.php


4) We now run the maintenance script that sets up the MySQL database. This is a two-step affair:<br>
- first set the MW_INSTALL_PATH environment variable to the root of the MediaWiki installation. This path is where ''LocalSettings.php'' and ''index.php'' are located; most likely it's ''/usr/share/mediawiki''.<br>
- then go to the directory where the SMW maintenance scripts are located, and execute ''SMW_setup.php''.<br>
The sequence will thus look something like this:
  MW_INSTALL_PATH=/usr/share/mediawiki
  MW_INSTALL_PATH=/usr/share/mediawiki
  export $MW_INSTALL_PATH
  export $MW_INSTALL_PATH
  cd /usr/share/mediawiki-semediawiki/maintenance
  cd /usr/share/mediawiki-semediawiki/maintenance
   
  php SMW_setup.php
The php-script should report setting up some nine tables, named ''smw_ids'', ''smw_redi2'' et cetera. These are the extra MySQL tables that SMW needs.


4) Adjust your namespaces - since we haven't modified the MediaWiki namespaces relative to the original Debian installation, we don't need that.
5) Adjust your namespaces - since we haven't modified the MediaWiki namespaces relative to the original Debian installation, we don't need that.
 
4) Setup the SMW tables in the MySQL database. To this end, we simply go to

Revision as of 20:53, 17 January 2009

Installing Semantic MediaWiki (SMW) under Debian

Installation consists of these simple steps:

1) Use Aptitude to install package mediawiki-semediawiki (under Lenny that's version 1.2-1)

2) Edit the file /etc/mediawiki-extensions/extensions-available/SemanticMediaWiki.php. All you need to do is change the string for enableSemantics from localhost to the hostname of your server:

<?php
include_once('extensions/SemanticMediaWiki/includes/SMW_Settings.php');
enableSemantics('dworkin.saruman.biz');
?>

Actually, the string for enableSemantics is an identifier, needed to identify any exported data. The Semantic MediaWiki website suggests using the server's host name for this purpose (if you have multiple hostnames, just pick any one of them).

3) Enable the SMW extension, by creating a link to it under /etc/mediawiki-extensions/extensions-enabled:

cd /etc/mediawiki-extensions/extensions-enabled/
ln -s ../extensions-available/SemanticMediaWiki.php

4) We now run the maintenance script that sets up the MySQL database. This is a two-step affair:
- first set the MW_INSTALL_PATH environment variable to the root of the MediaWiki installation. This path is where LocalSettings.php and index.php are located; most likely it's /usr/share/mediawiki.
- then go to the directory where the SMW maintenance scripts are located, and execute SMW_setup.php.
The sequence will thus look something like this:

MW_INSTALL_PATH=/usr/share/mediawiki
export $MW_INSTALL_PATH
cd /usr/share/mediawiki-semediawiki/maintenance
php SMW_setup.php

The php-script should report setting up some nine tables, named smw_ids, smw_redi2 et cetera. These are the extra MySQL tables that SMW needs.

5) Adjust your namespaces - since we haven't modified the MediaWiki namespaces relative to the original Debian installation, we don't need that.