Forum:Download the basic source and database?

I'm not techy, so my terminology may be off. This may be a really stupid question, but what I want is to be able to make a private wiki on my computer that only I can see and edit where I don't have to be connected to the internet to use. I would like it to be like a program or something like that where its right on my computer. Is this even possible?


 * Hi. I don't think it'll work. Wikis use MediaWiki software to run. Though it is possible to build an entire web-site on one's computer, I doubt it with building wikis. However, you could try the forums on MediaWiki dot org as well. :) Starfleet Academy (Messages) 06:20, November 1, 2012 (UTC)


 * If you run a webserver on your computer, you can install mediawiki and use it on your computer. Wikia.com runs on Apache, I'm running that webserver on my own computer, although I don't have mediawiki installed. -452 08:32, November 1, 2012 (UTC)


 * So I have to download Apache and then mediawiki and I should be able to do this?
 * How would I instal and get running both of the programs? Maybe a link to a how-to?
 * Everything you need to know you can find on the site User:Starfleet Academy linked. Take a look at these pages in particular:
 * http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Installation_requirements
 * http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Installing_MediaWiki
 * The first page tells you all the things you need to install first, and the second page tells you how to install mediawiki itself. -452 21:31, November 1, 2012 (UTC)