How to Install and Uninstall mediawiki Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "mediawiki" package

This tutorial shows how to install mediawiki on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                mediawiki
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "mediawiki" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall mediawiki on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                mediawiki
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mediawiki package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: mediawiki
Architecture: all
Version: 1:1.35.3-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/web
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Kunal Mehta
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 179467
Provides: mediawiki-extensions-confirmedit, mediawiki-extensions-geshi
Depends: apache2 | httpd, php (>= 2:7.3~), php-mysql | php-pgsql | php-sqlite3 | php-mysqlnd, php-mbstring, php-xml, mediawiki-classes (= 1:1.35.3-1)
Recommends: default-mysql-server | virtual-mysql-server | postgresql-contrib | php-sqlite3, php-cli, php-apcu, php-intl, php-curl, php-gmp, php-wikidiff2, python3, php-luasandbox | lua5.1
Suggests: imagemagick | php-gd, 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-openid (<< 2.8~)
Replaces: mediawiki-extensions-base, mediawiki-extensions-confirmedit, mediawiki-extensions-geshi
Filename: pool/universe/m/mediawiki/mediawiki_1.35.3-1_all.deb
Size: 30038202
MD5sum: d806ba1fdba03c5a1f5d712dc8b4bd16
SHA1: 454ecd32529736d72eaf448eec613ce65fe17e0b
SHA256: 891d8a55cf3c8d6a94f5382abc2af462d8870f91c9519868f65cf4d374263e25
SHA512: 21adbdcc3d4056448878279cacdfe334fbf26717c633e1615f707cd37a3f4da9a3562e6c89e9dc6eda55a9a0e844faf8f1660c893548dcd792b2966d1f2b073a
Homepage: https://www.mediawiki.org/
Description-en: website engine for collaborative work
MediaWiki is a wiki engine (a program for creating a collaboratively
edited website). It is designed to handle heavy websites containing
library-like document collections, and supports user uploads of
images/sounds, multilingual content, TOC autogeneration, ISBN links,
etc.
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Moreover, it keeps track of changes, so users can receive
notifications, view diffs and revert edits. This system has many
other features and can easily be extended.
Description-md5: ddcc60dd7124e88ede95f0010ec0906b