Install the Math extension
If you want to install the Math extension on MediaWiki, please follow these steps:
Go to the MediaWiki extensions directory:
$ cd /opt/bitnami/apps/mediawiki/htdocs/extensions
Download the extension from https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Math:
$ wget https://extdist.wmflabs.org/dist/extensions/Math-REL1_25-2998273.tar.gz
Extract the code:
$ tar -xzf Math-REL1_25-2998273.tar.gz
Edit the permissions
$ sudo chmod 775 Math/ $ sudo chown -R bitnami:daemon Math/
Edit the /opt/bitnami/apps/mediawiki/htdocs/LocalSettings.php file and add this code at the end of the file
require_once ( "$IP/extensions/Math/Math.php" );
Run the update script which will automatically create the necessary database tables that this extension needs.
$ cd /opt/bitnami/apps/mediawiki/htdocs $ php maintenance/update.php
Check that Math extension is installed by visiting the page Special:Version in your MediaWiki installation. You will see something like the image below: