MediaWiki

Upgrading MediaWiki

1. Download and install new version in new directory

cd /var/lib
wget https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.32/mediawiki-1.32.0.tar.gz
tar -xvzf mediawiki-1.32.0.tar.gz
rm mediawiki-1.32.0.tar.gz

2. Copy configuration file and images to new directory

cp -r --preserve=all ./mediawiki/LocalSettings.php ./mediawiki-1.32.0
rsync -axHAWXS --numeric-ids --info=progress2 ./mediawiki/images/ ./mediawiki-1.32.0/images

3. Copy some extensions and skins to new directory

rsync -axHAWXS --numeric-ids --info=progress2 ./mediawiki/extensions/VisualEditor/ ./mediawiki-1.32.0/extensions/VisualEditor
rsync -axHAWXS --numeric-ids --info=progress2 ./mediawiki/skins/CologneBlue/ ./mediawiki-1.32.0/skins/CologneBlue
rsync -axHAWXS --numeric-ids --info=progress2 ./mediawiki/skins/Modern/ ./mediawiki-1.32.0/skins/Modern

4. Rename the old installation directory and then rename the new one to match the old name

mv mediawiki mediawiki-1.31.0
mv mediawiki-1.32.0 mediawiki

5. Run update script for database scheme

cd mediawiki/maintenance
php update.php

6. Restart Apache Webserver

systemctl restart apache2