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TWiki System Requirements |
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TWiki is written in Perl 5, uses a number of shell commands, and requires RCS (Revision Control System) , a GNU Free Software package. TWiki is developed in a basic Linux/Apache environment. It also works with Microsoft Windows, and should have no problem on any other platform that meets the requirements. |
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| Required Server Environment |
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Unix |
Windows* |
| Perl |
5.005_03 or higher (5.6.1 recommended,
5.8.0 not recommended yet, see TWiki:Codev.UsingPerl58OnRedHat8) |
| Non-standard Perl modules |
Net::SMTP (or sendmail) |
Net::SMTP, MIME::Base64, Digest::SHA1 |
| RCS |
5.7 or higher (including GNU diff)
Optional, but the all-Perl RCS replacement is not currently recommended for live sites - see TWiki:Codev.RcsLite. |
GNU diff |
GNU diff 2.7 or higher is required when not using the all-Perl RcsLite.
Install on PATH if not included with RCS (check version with diff -v) |
| Other external programs |
ls, fgrep, egrep |
| Cron/scheduler |
cron |
cron equivalents |
| Web server |
Apache 1.3 is well supported; Apache 2.0 is not recommended yet (see TWiki:Support.FailedAuthenticationWithApache2OnWinNT).
For other servers, CGI support, authentication, extended path required |
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Required Server Environment * |
| Perl |
5.005_03 or higher (5.6.1 recommended, 5.8.0 not recommended yet, see TWiki:Codev.IssuesWithPerl5dot8) |
| Non-standard Perl modules |
• Unix: Net::SMTP (or sendmail)
• Windows: Net::SMTP, MIME::Base64, Digest::SHA1 |
| RCS |
5.7 or higher (including GNU diff)
Optional, but the all-Perl RCS replacement is not currently recommended for live sites - see TWiki:Codev.RcsLite |
GNU diff |
GNU diff 2.7 or higher is required when not using the all-Perl RcsLite.
Install on PATH if not included with RCS (check version with diff -v)
Must be the version used by RCS, to avoid problems with binary attachments - RCS may have hard-coded path to diff |
| Other external programs |
fgrep, egrep |
| Cron/scheduler |
• Unix: cron
• Windows: cron equivalents |
| Web server |
Apache 1.3 is well supported; Apache 2.0 is not recommended yet (see TWiki:Codev.IssuesWithApache2dot0).
For other servers, CGI support, authentication, extended path info required; also, the register script is likely to need significant changes |
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 * Current documentation mainly covers Linux and Apache installations. See WindowsInstallCookbook for a Windows installation guide. See TWiki:Codev.TWikiOn for help with installation on various platforms including Unix, MacOS X, Apache mod_perl, web hosts, etc. |
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- The TWikiPlugins feature currently does not have compatibility guidelines for developers. Plugins can require just about anything - browser-specific functions, stylesheets (CSS), Java applets, cookies, specific Perl modules,... - check the individual Plugin specs.
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 Plugins included in the TWiki distribution do not add requirements.
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-- TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny - 16 Dec 2003 |
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