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<td> Perl </td>
- <td align="center" colspan="2"> 5.005_03 or higher (5.6.1 recommended) </td>
+ <td align="center" colspan="2"> 5.005_03 or higher (5.6.1 recommended, <br /> 5.8.0 <strong>not</strong> recommended yet, see TWiki:Codev.UsingPerl58OnRedHat8) </td>
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<td> Non-standard Perl modules </td>
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<td> RCS </td>
- <td align="center" colspan="2"> 5.7 or higher (including GNU <code>diff</code>) %BR% Optional, but the all-Perl replacement is not currently recommended for live sites - see TWiki:Codev/RcsLite. </td>
+ <td align="center" colspan="2"> 5.7 or higher (including GNU <code>diff</code>) %BR% Optional, but the all-Perl RCS replacement is not currently recommended for live sites - see TWiki:Codev.RcsLite. </td>
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<td> GNU <code>diff</code></td>
- <td align="center" colspan="2"> GNU <code>diff</code> 2.7 or higher is required when TWiki's uses RCS binaries. %BR% Install on PATH if not included with RCS (check version with <code>diff -v</code>) </td>
+ <td align="center" colspan="2"> GNU <code>diff</code> 2.7 or higher is required when not using the all-Perl RcsLite. %BR% Install on PATH if not included with RCS (check version with <code>diff -v</code>) </td>
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<td> Other external programs </td>
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<td> Web server </td>
- <td align="center" colspan="2"> Apache is well supported; for other servers, CGI support, authentication, extended path required </td>
+ <td align="center" colspan="2"> Apache 1.3 is well supported; Apache 2.0 is <strong>not</strong> recommended yet (see TWiki:Support.FailedAuthenticationWithApache2OnWinNT). %BR% For other servers, CGI support, authentication, extended path required </td>
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-%X% **\*** _Current documentation mainly covers Linux and Apache installations. See [[WindowsInstallCookbook]] for a Windows installation guide._
+%X% **\*** _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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## <a name="Known Issues"></a> Known Issues
-- 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.
+- 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.
- %H% Plugins included in the TWiki distribution do not add requirements.
-- [[MikeMannix]] - 12 Jan 2002