TWiki System Requirements
Server and client system requirements of TWiki 01-Sep-2001
Overview
Maintaining minimum client and server requirements is necessary to keep TWiki deployment as broad as possible.
Server-Side Requirements
TWiki is written in Perl 5 and uses a number of shell commands. It requires GNU RCS (Revision Control System) to be installed on the same system. TWiki is developed in a standard Linux/Apache environment. It can also work with Microsoft Windows and other platforms.
| 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 support for CGI, authentication, extended path) * |
Current documentation covers Linux only. Compiling a basic
TWikiOnWindows installation guide is an ongoing effort.
Client-Side Requirements
The TWiki standard installation has extremely low browser requirements:
- HTML 3.2 compliant
- minimal use of JavaScript in the user interface (degrades gracefully)
- no cookies
- no CSS
TWiki generates XHTML 1.0 code as long as it is compatible with HTML 3.2.
Known Issues
- 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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MikeMannix - 29 Aug 2001
