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Mises Wiki generally upgrades its MediaWiki installation whenever a new version comes out.

Procedure

Make a backup of the database and file system by following instructions at MisesWiki:Backups.
Go to https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download and get the URL for the newest download. (Or, if you're downloading from Git, use git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/mediawiki/core.git.)
wget that URL.
tar xvzf mediawiki-1.xx.x.tar.gz -C /home/web/public_html/wiki
The following must be recursively copied into the new directory (/home/web/public_html/wiki/mediawiki-1.xx.x) from the old directory:

images folder
extensions folder
LocalSettings.php
The custom Mises Wiki skin (Vector.php, Vector.printable.php) and any dependencies (e.g. the Mises Wiki shield image); for the dependencies, you may as well just use cp -r /home/web/public_html/wiki/mediawiki/skins/misesskin /home/web/public_html/wiki/mediawiki-1.xx.x/skins
favicon.png

In addition, chgrp and/or chown should be run recursively on the images folder to make those directories writeable by users in the "web" group. I guess that would be chgrp -R web /home/web/public_html/wiki/mediawiki/images/* and chown -R web /home/web/public_html/wiki/mediawiki/images/*
Also upgrade the extensions:

cd /home/web/public_html/wiki/mediawiki/extensions
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/mediawiki/extensions/<EXT>.git

php update.php

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-Mises Wiki generally upgrades its MediaWiki installation whenever the version it is using is no longer supported. The following must be copied into the new directory from the old directory:
+Mises Wiki generally upgrades its MediaWiki installation whenever a new version comes out.
-*images folder
-*extensions folder
+==Procedure==
-*LocalSettings.php
+*Make a backup of the database and file system by following instructions at [[MisesWiki:Backups]].
-*The custom Mises Wiki skin (Vector.php) and any dependencies (e.g. the [http://wiki.mises.org/mediawiki/skins/misesskin/images/shield.png Mises Wiki shield image])
+*Go to https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download and get the URL for the newest download. (Or, if you're [[mw:download from Git|downloading from Git]], use <code>git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/mediawiki/core.git</code>.)
-*[http://wiki.mises.org/mediawiki/favicon.png favicon.png]
+*[[wikipedia:wget|wget]] that URL.
-In addition, [[wikipedia:chgrp|chgrp]] and/or [[wikipedia:chown|chown]] should be run recursively on the images folder to make those directories writeable by users in the "web" group.
+*<code>[[wikipedia:tar|tar]] xvzf mediawiki-1.xx.x.tar.gz -C /home/web/public_html/wiki</code>
+*The following must be recursively copied into the new directory (<code>/home/web/public_html/wiki/mediawiki-1.xx.x</code>) from the old directory:
+:*images folder
+:*extensions folder
+:*LocalSettings.php
+:*The custom Mises Wiki skin (Vector.php, Vector.printable.php) and any dependencies (e.g. the [http://wiki.mises.org/mediawiki/skins/misesskin/images/shield.png Mises Wiki shield image]); for the dependencies, you may as well just use <code>[[wikipedia:cp|cp]] -r /home/web/public_html/wiki/mediawiki/skins/misesskin /home/web/public_html/wiki/mediawiki-1.xx.x/skins</code>
+:*[http://wiki.mises.org/mediawiki/favicon.png favicon.png]
+*In addition, [[wikipedia:chgrp|chgrp]] and/or [[wikipedia:chown|chown]] should be run recursively on the images folder to make those directories writeable by users in the "web" group. I guess that would be <code>chgrp -R web /home/web/public_html/wiki/mediawiki/images/* and chown -R web /home/web/public_html/wiki/mediawiki/images/*</code>
+*Also [[mw:Download_from_git#Download_all_extensions|upgrade the extensions]]:
+:*<code>[[wikipedia:cd|cd]] /home/web/public_html/wiki/mediawiki/extensions</code>
+:*<code>git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/mediawiki/extensions/<EXT>.git</code>
+*<code>php [[mw:Manual:Update.php|update.php]]</code>
 ==See also==
 *[[mw:Manual:Upgrading]]