fresh install and semantic bundle question

Hi, I want to make a fresh install from source on a redhat 6 64 bit system. Is the order of things to get a working mediawiki, then add the semantic mediawiki extensions? What is the advantage of the bundle? I read the docs but am not clear on what exactly it is and if that would be the best bet for a fresh install. If I install the bundle does it install the extension too? I am assuming with either approach I need to have a working recent (i.e. not rhel6 repo) mediawiki in first. Is that correct? Sorry for such basic questions, but I want to avoid installing the wrong way.

I am particularly excited by the inline query abilities. is SMW the only platform that offers this? Everything else I looked at is only able to query and return rdf in big chunks like tables and we have several projects that could really use the inline query method to good advantage.

Thanks for answering n00b question!

Rcrath (talk)

> I read the docs but am not clear on what exactly it is and if that would be the best bet for a fresh install.

Have a look at the video [0] which should give a clear picture of how a fresh install can be achieved. For details on the specific installation requirements, see the Installation help.

> mediawiki in first. Is that correct?

MediaWiki first, SMW comes second as it requires MW to be working.

> What is the advantage of the bundle?

If you talk about the SemanticBundle, not much and it only supports SMW 1.9.2 which is no longer under active maintenance. The current SMW release is 2.2.

If you want install SMW related extensions such as Extension "Semantic Result Formats" (see [1]) or Extension "Maps" just follow the specific installation guideline of that extension you want to install.

The following list contains details about SMW extensions available via Composer.

If you can`t use Composer, see the tarball installation guideline.

> Sorry for such basic questions

You might also have a look at Help:Getting started.

[0] https://vimeo.com/82255034

[1] https://vimeo.com/82258857

Cheers

James Hong Kong (talk)

@MWJames, thanks, I'll watch the videos. I didn't pay attention to videos because I am impatient and like documents, so mea culpa and thanks for the pointer. I can use composer and thanks for answering my query re: the bundle.

Rcrath (talk)