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Installation, Update, De-Installation

Requirements

  • PHP 7.0 or later
  • MediaWiki 1.31 or later
  • Composer

Further required software packages will be installed automatically. It is not necessary to install any dependencies. Composer will take care of that.

Installation

If unsure try the detailed installation instructions for Windows or Linux.

Here is the short version:

  1. On a command line go to your MediaWiki installation directory

  2. Open the composer.local.json file in an editor and add the Chameleon skin to the require section:

    "require": {
    "mediawiki/chameleon-skin": "~2.0"
}

    Remark: If you do not have a composer.local.json file, but a composer.local.json-sample, rename the -sample file and add the "require" section.

  3. With Composer installed, run composer update "mediawiki/chameleon-skin"

  4. Open LocalSettings.php in an editor, and add the following line:

    wfLoadSkin( 'chameleon' );

    To set Chameleon as the default skin, find $wgDefaultSkin and amend it:

    $wgDefaultSkin='chameleon';

  5. Done: Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the skin is successfully installed.

Remark: It is NOT necessary to install or load any extensions this skin depends on.

If you run into problems, try the troubleshooting.

Update

From your MediaWiki installation directory run composer update "mediawiki/chameleon-skin"

De-installation

Before de-installation make sure you secure (move, backup) any custom files you might want to retain.

Remove the Chameleon skin from the composer.local.json file. Then run composer update "mediawiki/chameleon-skin" from the MediaWiki installation directory.