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TWiki System Requirements |
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< < | Server and client system requirements for TWiki 01-Dec-2001 |
> > | Server and client requirements for TWiki 01-Dec-2001 |
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< < | Overview
Maintaining minimum client and server requirements is necessary to keep TWiki deployment as broad as possible. |
> > | Low client and server requirements are core features that keep TWiki widely deployable, particularly across a range of browser platforms and versions. |
| 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: |
> > | 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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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 |
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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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< < | Current documentation covers Linux only. A TWikiOnWindows installation guide is next. |
> > | * Current documentation covers Linux/Apache only. See TWiki:Codev/TWikiOnWindows for work-to-date on a Windows installation guide. |
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| Client Requirements
The TWiki standard installation has extremely low browser requirements: |
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< < | You can easily add capabilities, through customizing the templates, for one, while tailoring the browser requirements to your situation. |
> > | 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.
- Plugins included in the TWiki distribution do not add requirements.
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< < | -- MikeMannix? - 08 Jan 2002 |
> > | -- MikeMannix? - 12 Jan 2002 |