Math extension 2.0.0
MediaWiki 1.24.1
Ubuntu 14.04.3
I've followed the steps in https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Math
At at the bottom of my LocalSettings.php I have:
require_once "$IP/extensions/Math/Math.php";
$wgDefaultUserOptions['math'] = 'mathml';
$wgMathFullRestbaseURL= 'https://api.formulasearchengine.com/';
This is thanks to Tgr's answer. So I am trying to make use of a remote Mathoid Service.
But if I try to create a wiki page with:
<math>x^2</math>
...it gets rendered as:
Failed to parse (Missing <code>texvc</code> executable.
Please see math/README to configure.):
...and this README file just seems to contain instructions for building texvc. But in light of Tgr's answer, I don't want to be using texvc. I want to be using a remote Mathoid service.
Even though it is not suggested in the instructions, thanks to the guys on #mediawiki IRC, I do:
pi@PiDroplet:~$ cd web/wiki/extensions/Math/
pi@PiDroplet:~/web/wiki/extensions/Math$ make
cd math; make
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/pi/web/wiki/extensions/Math/math'
ocamlopt -c util.ml
make[1]: ocamlopt: Command not found
make[1]: *** [util.cmx] Error 127
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/pi/web/wiki/extensions/Math/math'
make: *** [texvc] Error 2
To install ocamlopt, I do apt-get install ocaml-nox -- now make completes, and I'm onto a different rendering error:
"Failed to parse (PNG conversion failed; check for correct installation of latex and dvipng (or dvips + gs + convert)):"
ls -lH `which gs` `which latex` `which dvips` `which convert`
... which tells me I don't have a 'convert' -- everything else is present.
sudo apt-get install imagemagick ... So now I have a /usr/bin/convert
Looks like I also need sudo apt-get install dvipng
Still working from the same link, I have to do sudo apt-get install texlive-latex-extra followed by rebooting the server, and it is rendering correctly!
However, if I turn my errors on:
# DEBUG
error_reporting( -1 );
ini_set( 'display_errors', 1 );
$wgShowSQLErrors = true;
$wgDebugDumpSql = true;
$wgShowExceptionDetails = true;
$wgShowDBErrorBacktrace = true;
I get at the top of the page:
PHP Notice: Missing <code>texvccheck</code> executable.
Please see math/README to configure.
in /var/www/wiki/extensions/Math/MathInputCheckTexvc.php on line 65
sudo apt-get install ocaml
cd extensions/Math/texvccheck
make
I got that first command from further up the page.
$wgMathTexvcCheckExecutable = "$IP/extensions/Math/texvccheck/texvccheck";
HA! Finally, correct output and 0 errors!
