# <a name="TWiki System Requirements"></a> TWiki System Requirements
-_Server and client requirements for TWiki 01-Feb-2003 (pending release)_
+_Server and client requirements for TWiki 01-Feb-2003_
Low client and server requirements are core features that keep TWiki widely deployable, particularly across a range of browser platforms and versions.
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- <th bgcolor="#99CCCC" colspan="3"><strong> Required Server Environment </strong></th>
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<th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong> Resource </strong></th>
- <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong> Unix </strong></th>
- <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong> Windows* </strong></th>
+ <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong> Required Server Environment * </strong></th>
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<td> Perl </td>
- <td align="center" colspan="2"> 5.005_03 or higher (5.6.1 recommended) </td>
+ <td> 5.005_03 or higher (5.6.1 recommended, 5.8.0 <strong>not</strong> recommended yet, see TWiki:Codev.IssuesWithPerl5dot8) </td>
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<td> Non-standard Perl modules </td>
- <td align="center"><code>Net::SMTP</code> (or <code>sendmail</code>) </td>
- <td align="center"><code>Net::SMTP</code>, <code>MIME::Base64</code>, <code>Digest::SHA1</code></td>
+ <td> %BULLET% Unix: <code>Net::SMTP</code> (or <code>sendmail</code>) %BB% Windows: <code>Net::SMTP</code>, <code>MIME::Base64</code>, <code>Digest::SHA1</code></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> 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> 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>) %BR% Must be the version used by RCS, to avoid problems with binary attachments - RCS may have hard-coded path to <code>diff</code></td>
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<td> Other external programs </td>
- <td align="center" colspan="2"><code>ls, fgrep, egrep</code></td>
+ <td><code>fgrep, egrep</code></td>
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<td> Cron/scheduler </td>
- <td align="center"><code>cron</code></td>
- <td><code>cron</code> equivalents </td>
+ <td> %BULLET% Unix: <code>cron</code> %BB% Windows: <code>cron</code> equivalents </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> Apache 1.3 is well supported; Apache 2.0 is <strong>not</strong> recommended yet (see TWiki:Codev.IssuesWithApache2dot0). %BR% For other servers, CGI support, authentication, extended path info required; also, the <code>register</code> script is likely to need significant changes </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
+-- TWiki:Main.MikeMannix - 12 Jan 2002 %BR% -- TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny - 16 Dec 2003