It's no longer necessary to remove LocalSettings.php to upgrade a wiki using the web installer. Just navigate to mw-config/index.php and follow the instructions.
-- Tim Starling On 02/11/12 17:31, Yury Katkov wrote: > AFAIK if you only have ftp access you can rename your LocalSettings.php, > install your wiki once again and move back LocalSettings.php > > > ----- > Yury Katkov, WikiVote > > > > > On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 8:58 PM, Richard <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Lots of extensions require me to issue a shell command: >> >> php maintenance/update.php >> >> ...but I don't have shell access to my mediawiki installation; I only >> have FTP access. >> >> So far I haven't needed to deploy any extensions that required this, >> but now I am wanting to deploy several extensions that have this >> requirement in their installation procedure. >> >> How do people typically deal with this? >> >> Why does this script need to be run from the shell and not from an >> administrative UI? >> >> Thanks. >> -- >> "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" free book < >> http://tinyurl.com/d3d-pipeline> >> The Computer Graphics Museum <http://computergraphicsmuseum.org> >> The Terminals Wiki <http://terminals.classiccmp.org> >> Legalize Adulthood! (my blog) <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MediaWiki-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l >> _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
