3 <li><a href="#TWiki System Requirements"> TWiki System Requirements</a><ul>
4 <li><a href="#Server Requirements"> Server Requirements</a></li>
5 <li><a href="#Client Requirements"> Client Requirements</a></li>
6 <li><a href="#Known Issues"> Known Issues</a></li>
12 # <a name="TWiki System Requirements"></a> TWiki System Requirements
14 _Server and client requirements for TWiki 01-Dec-2001_
16 Low client and server requirements are core features that keep TWiki widely deployable, particularly across a range of browser platforms and versions.
18 ## <a name="Server Requirements"></a> Server Requirements
20 TWiki is written in Perl 5, uses a number of shell commands, and requires [RCS (Revision Control System)](http://www.gnu.org/software/rcs/rcs.html), 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.
22 <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
24 <th bgcolor="#99CCCC" colspan="3"><strong> Required Server Environment </strong></th>
27 <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong> Resource </strong></th>
28 <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong> Unix </strong></th>
29 <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong> Windows* </strong></th>
33 <td align="center" colspan="2"> 5.005_03 or higher </td>
36 <td> Non-standard Perl modules </td>
37 <td align="center"><code>Net::SMTP</code> (or <code>sendmail</code>) </td>
38 <td align="center"><code>Net::SMTP</code>, <code>MIME::Base64</code>, <code>Digest::SHA1</code></td>
42 <td align="center" colspan="2"> 5.7 or higher </td>
45 <td> Other external programs </td>
46 <td align="center" colspan="2"><code>ls, fgrep, egrep</code></td>
50 <td align="right" colspan="2"> Apache; others (with CGI support, authentication, extended path) </td>
54 %X% **\*** _Current documentation covers Linux/Apache only. See TWiki:Codev/TWikiOnWindows for work-to-date on a Windows installation guide._
56 <a name="ClientRequirements"></a>
58 ## <a name="Client Requirements"></a> Client Requirements
60 The TWiki [[standard installation|Main/TWikiInstallationGuide]] has extremely low browser requirements:
63 - generates XHTML 1.0 pages that are compatible with HTML 3.2
64 - minimal use of JavaScript in the user interface (degrades gracefully)
68 You can easily add functionality, by customizing [[TWikiTemplates]], for one, while tailoring the browser requirements to your situation.
70 ## <a name="Known Issues"></a> Known Issues
72 - The new [[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.
73 - %H% Plugins included in the TWiki distribution do not add requirements.
75 -- [[MikeMannix]] - 12 Jan 2002