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1. visit example.com/Special:Version to check your version
2. Back up your files and database (mysql dump AND xml dump)
3. download the archive to your server
4. rm -rf maintenance/

5. unpack the archive and copy the contents overtop of your existing files

   • I just unpack it elsewhere and do an rsync -av ../mediawiki-x.xx.x/* .
6. chown --reference=LocalSettings.php * -R
7. php maintenance/update.php

8. visit example.com/Special:Version to confirm the change

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See MediaWiki troubleshooting for some solutions to my problems.