How to Install and Uninstall mediawiki Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: October 05,2024

You can also install and uninstall the mediawiki on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "mediawiki" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install mediawiki on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "mediawiki" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall mediawiki on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mediawiki package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: mediawiki
Version: 1:1.39.5-1~deb12u1
Installed-Size: 219256
Maintainer: MediaWiki packaging team
Architecture: all
Replaces: mediawiki-extensions-base, mediawiki-extensions-confirmedit, mediawiki-extensions-geshi, mediawiki-extensions-math (<= 2:1.0+git20120528-8)
Provides: mediawiki-extensions-confirmedit, mediawiki-extensions-geshi
Depends: apache2 | httpd, php (>= 2:7.4~), php-intl, php-json, php-mysql | php-pgsql | php-sqlite3 | php-mysqlnd, php-mbstring, php-xml, mediawiki-classes (= 1:1.39.5-1~deb12u1)
Recommends: default-mysql-server | virtual-mysql-server | postgresql-contrib | php-sqlite3, php-cli, php-apcu, php-curl, php-gmp, imagemagick | php-gd, php-readline, php-yaml, php-wikidiff2, python3-pygments, php-luasandbox | lua5.1
Suggests: memcached, clamav, firejail
Breaks: fusionforge-plugin-mediawiki (<< 5.2~rc1+1~), mediawiki-extensions (<< 2.8~), mediawiki-extensions-base, mediawiki-extensions-collection (<< 2.8~), mediawiki-extensions-confirmedit, mediawiki-extensions-fckeditor, mediawiki-extensions-geshi, mediawiki-extensions-graphviz (<< 2.8~), mediawiki-extensions-ldapauth (<< 2.8~), mediawiki-extensions-math (<= 2:1.0+git20120528-8), mediawiki-extensions-openid (<< 2.8~), mediawiki-skin-greystuff (<< 1.2.5~)
Description: website engine for collaborative work
Description-md5: ddcc60dd7124e88ede95f0010ec0906b
Homepage: https://www.mediawiki.org/
Tag: implemented-in::php, interface::web, made-of::html, network::service,
role::documentation, role::program, web::wiki, works-with-format::html,
works-with::db, works-with::text
Section: web
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mediawiki/mediawiki_1.39.5-1~deb12u1_all.deb
Size: 34753960
MD5sum: ca0647814b9d5623ea4222da739cef16
SHA256: 2d2a62dedf7abde75fb3fc1dddb86f7c87918585604d5c964c00bd6998eb204e