TWiki System Requirements
Server and client requirements for TWiki 01-Dec-2001
Low client and server requirements are core features that keep TWiki widely deployable, particularly across a range of browser platforms and versions.
Server 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.
Required Server Environment |
Resource |
Unix |
Windows* |
Perl |
5.005_03 or higher |
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 |
Web server |
Apache; others (with CGI support, authentication, extended path) |
* Current documentation covers Linux/Apache only. See TWiki:Codev/TWikiOnWindows
for work-to-date on a Windows installation guide.
Client Requirements
The TWiki
standard installation has extremely low browser requirements:
- HTML 3.2 compliant
- 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
You can easily add functionality, by customizing
TWikiTemplates, for one, while tailoring the browser requirements to your situation.
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.
-
Plugins included in the TWiki distribution do not add requirements.
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MikeMannix - 12 Jan 2002