Yes, you would have to install mysql to see the data. This was a cPanel box so when you made the tarball, it included MySQL dumps so you do not need to manually run mysqldump. It shuld be in the mysql directory and there is a few databases there. I am not sure which one is the one you need. <div>
<br></div><div>Additionally, you can take the files from the www directory, plop them elsewhere, create the databases and import the data. Poof your website is up at a different location. </div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 8:04 AM, Matthew Meier <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wolfy@wlfy.it" target="_blank">wolfy@wlfy.it</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
You're on the right track. The pages of a MediaWiki are stored usually in a MySql database. If you look in your LocalSettings.php you can find the name of the database. Then use the mysqldump command to export the database.<div>
<br></div><div>Once you have the dump. Import it into your new MediaWiki installation and run the Update script. "maintenance/update.php" and this will update your database to the new schema.</div><div><br></div>
<div>-Wolfy</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 10:40 PM, Frantisek Apfelbeck <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:algoldor@yahoo.com" target="_blank">algoldor@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:bookman old style,new york,times,serif"><div>
<span>Hi to all,</span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:bookman old style,new york,times,serif">
<span>I need to get the data which I had in my old media wiki (personal web pages) to the new installation - I'm moving the content to a new server, my friend Jim is taking thankfully taking care about that.</span></div>
<div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:bookman old style,new york,times,serif"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:bookman old style,new york,times,serif">
<span>I wonder how do I get to the data in the wiki? I have the tar file of all the data which I
had on the part of the server which I used (many thanks to Ronald for hosting) and I see directories: etc; mail; perl5; public_ftp; public_html; ssl; tmp; www. In a public_html I have found directory wiki. I see images there which is good but I do not know where to find the texts/data. I wonder if I have to install MySQL to be able to access these data, my knowledge of databases is on a freezing point (which will have to change soon). Also I wonder how difficult would it be to export the old database (once I find it and access it) to the new media wiki installation? I'm beginner in this so I'm quite lost feeling that I will probably have to upload all the texts and images manually because it is too difficult for me to do it the "easy way".</span></div>
<div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:bookman old style,new york,times,serif"><br><span></span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:bookman old style,new york,times,serif">
<span>Anyway any help would be really appreciated!</span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:bookman old style,new york,times,serif"><br><span></span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:bookman old style,new york,times,serif">
<span>Sincerely,</span></div><div> </div><div>Frantisek Algoldor Apfelbeck<br></div><div><br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:bookman old style,new york,times,serif">
PS I'm now trying to install media wiki on a local computer so I can exercise a bit and get better understanding of what I'm doing using this guide</div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:bookman old style,new york,times,serif">
<br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:bookman old style,new york,times,serif"><a href="http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Installation_guide" target="_blank">http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Installation_guide</a><br>
</div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:bookman old style,new york,times,serif"><br></div><div>biotechnologist&kvasir and hacker</div><br><br><div><a href="http://www.frantisekapfelbeck.org" target="_blank">http://www.frantisekapfelbeck.org</a></div>
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