---
name: "mwenext"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "mediawiki-extensions-base"
version: "3.7"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mwenext"
---

# mwenext(8)

enable or disable an extension for mediawiki

## NAME

mwenext, mwdisext - enable or disable an extension for mediawiki

## SYNOPSIS

**mwenext** \[*extension*\]

**mwdisext** \[*extension*\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **mwenext** and **mwdisext** commands.

**mwenext** is a script that enables the specified extensions within the **mediawiki** configuration.  It does this by creating symlinks within **/etc/mediawiki-extensions/extensions-enabled**. Likewise, **mwdisext** disables an extension by removing those symlinks.

## FILES

- **/etc/mediawiki-extensions/extensions-available**

  Directory with files giving information on available extensions.

- **/etc/mediawiki-extensions/extensions-enabled**

  Directory with links to the files in **extensions-available** for enabled extensions.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was adapted for a2enmod and a2dismod man page, written by Daniel Stone \<daniel@sfarc.net\> for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution, by Romain Beauxis.