What is the default location of the MediaWiki extensions directory?

Question

I recently install MediaWiki on Ubuntu 10.04 using all the default settings. I'm looking to install an extension. Where is the extensions directory located by default?

Answer 1

You can use locate (or find) to find files or folders, like this:

locate -i mediawiki | grep -i extensions | less

• The -i's mean "ignore case"
• The | (vertical bar) sends the output from one command to the next command as input.
• grep is a search tool
• less is like the old DOS "more" command on steroids (it allows page up/down and searching)

Answer 2

The extensions directory is located under the mediawiki directory which is located under /var/www by default.

Answer 3

I found my installation folder at /var/lib/mediawiki/extension. I am using Ubuntu 11.04 server.