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TWikiSystemRequirements 26 - 25 Jan 2003 - Main.PeterThoeny
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TWiki System Requirements

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Required Server Environment
Resource Unix Windows*
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Perl 5.005_03 or higher (5.6.1 recommended)
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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
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RCS 5.7 or higher (including GNU diff)
Optional, but the all-Perl replacement is not currently recommended for live sites - see TWiki:Codev/RcsLite.
GNU diff GNU diff 2.7 or higher is required when TWiki's uses RCS binaries.
Install on PATH if not included with RCS (check version with diff -v)
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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
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Web server Apache is well supported; for other servers, CGI support, authentication, extended path required
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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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>		ALERT! * Current documentation mainly covers Linux and Apache installations. See TWiki:Codev.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.
 

Client Requirements

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Known Issues

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  • 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.
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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.
 
    • HELP Plugins included in the TWiki distribution do not add requirements.

-- MikeMannix? - 12 Jan 2002


TWikiSystemRequirements 25 - 16 Jan 2003 - Main.PeterThoeny
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TWiki System Requirements

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 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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Required Server Environment
Resource Unix Windows*
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Perl 5.005_03 or higher
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Perl 5.005_03 or higher (5.6.1 recommended)
 
Non-standard Perl modules Net::SMTP (or sendmail) Net::SMTP, MIME::Base64, Digest::SHA1
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RCS 5.7 or higher
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RCS 5.7 or higher (including GNU diff)
Optional, but the all-Perl replacement is not currently recommended for live sites - see TWiki:Codev/RcsLite.
GNU diff GNU diff 2.7 or higher is required when TWiki's uses RCS binaries.
Install on PATH if not included with RCS (check version with diff -v)
 
Other external programs ls, fgrep, egrep
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Web server Apache; others (with CGI support, authentication, extended path)
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Cron/scheduler cron cron equivalents
Web server Apache is well supported; for other servers, CGI support, authentication, extended path required
 
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>		ALERT! * Current documentation mainly covers Linux and Apache installations. See WindowsInstallCookbook? for a Windows installation guide.
 

Client Requirements

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    • HELP Plugins included in the TWiki distribution do not add requirements.

-- MikeMannix? - 12 Jan 2002

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TWiki System Requirements

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Overview

Maintaining minimum client and server requirements is necessary to keep TWiki deployment as broad as possible.

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Server 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.
 
Required Server Environment
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Resource Unix Windows
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Resource Unix Windows*
 
Perl 5.005_03 or higher
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Non standard Perl modules Net::SMTP (or sendmail) Net::SMTP, MIME::Base64, Digest::SHA1
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Non-standard Perl modules Net::SMTP (or sendmail) Net::SMTP, MIME::Base64, Digest::SHA1
 
RCS 5.7 or higher
Other external programs ls, fgrep, egrep
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Web server Apache; others (with support for CGI, authentication, extended path) *
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Web server Apache; others (with CGI support, authentication, extended path)
 
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Client Requirements

The TWiki standard installation has extremely low browser requirements:

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  • no cookies
  • no CSS
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>		You can easily add functionality, by customizing TWikiTemplates, for one, while tailoring the browser requirements to your situation.
 

Known Issues

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  • The new TWikiPlugins feature currently does not have compatibility guidelines for developers. Plugins can require just about anything: browser-specific functions, stylesheets (CSS), DHTML, Java applets, cookies.
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  • 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.
    • HELP Plugins included in the TWiki distribution do not add requirements.
 
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TWiki System Requirements

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Overview

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  • The new TWikiPlugins feature currently does not have compatibility guidelines for developers. Plugins can require just about anything: browser-specific functions, stylesheets (CSS), DHTML, Java applets, cookies.
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TWikiSystemRequirements 22 - 15 Sep 2001 - Main.MikeMannix
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TWiki System Requirements

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Overview

Maintaining minimum client and server requirements is necessary to keep TWiki deployment as broad as possible.

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Server-Side Requirements

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Server 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:
 
Required Server Environment
Resource Unix Windows
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Other external programs ls, fgrep, egrep
Web server Apache; others (with support for CGI, authentication, extended path) *
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Client-Side Requirements

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Client Requirements

 
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  • HTML 3.2 compliant
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  • generates XHTML 1.0 pages that are compatible with HTML 3.2
 
  • minimal use of JavaScript in the user interface (degrades gracefully)
  • no cookies
  • no CSS
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Known Issues

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  • The new TWikiPlugins feature currently does not have any compatibility guidelines for developers. Plugins can require just about anything: browser-specific functions, stylesheets (CSS), Java, cookies, etc.
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  • The new TWikiPlugins feature currently does not have compatibility guidelines for developers. Plugins can require just about anything: browser-specific functions, stylesheets (CSS), DHTML, Java applets, cookies.
 
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Revision 26r26 - 25 Jan 2003 - 07:17:55 - PeterThoeny?
Revision 25r25 - 16 Jan 2003 - 07:23:00 - PeterThoeny?
Revision 24r24 - 13 Jan 2002 - 00:31:41 - MikeMannix?
Revision 23r23 - 09 Jan 2002 - 04:17:33 - MikeMannix?
Revision 22r22 - 15 Sep 2001 - 08:56:29 - MikeMannix?
Revision 21r21 - 14 Sep 2001 - 06:49:33 - PeterThoeny?
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