Help:Installation/Quick guide

Composer
Composer needs to be installed and available first. See Using Composer with MediaWiki and Installing Composer if unsure.

Compatibility
Please check the compatibility requirements.

Prepare and obtain
If you do not have a "composer.local.json" file yet, create one in the base directoryCiteRef::install:base:dir of your MediaWiki installation and add the following content to it:

See also an example "composer.local.json" file if unsure how to proceed.

Now run the following command from the base directoryCiteRef::install:base:dir of your MediaWiki installation:

Enable
Add a call to  to the end of the "LocalSettings.php" file. takes in the domain name of the wiki; a wiki located at "example.org", for instance, should have the following call:

Setup and update
Run the  script from the base directoryCiteRef::install:base:dir of your MediaWiki installation:

Verify
Check the "Special:Version" page on your wiki and verify that the extension has been successfully installed and enabled.

Test your installation as described on the help page about testing Semantic MediaWiki.