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  Server Requirements 
  Required CPAN Modules
   Optional CPAN Modules
 
   Client Requirements
   Important note about TWiki Plugins
 


 TWiki System Requirements
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+Server and client system requirements of TWiki 01-Sep-2001
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+Server and client system requirements for TWiki 01-Sep-2001
  Overview 

Maintaining minimum client and server requirements is necessary to keep TWiki deployment as broad as possible.
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+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.
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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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+Current documentation covers Linux only. Compiling a basic TWikiOnWindows installation guide is an ongoing effort.
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+Current documentation covers Linux only. A TWikiOnWindows installation guide is next.
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+The TWiki standard installation has extremely low browser requirements:
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+The TWiki standard installation has extremely low browser requirements:
  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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+TWiki generates XHTML 1.0 code as long as it is compatible with HTML 3.2.
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+You can easily add capabilities, through customizing the templates, for one, while tailoring the browser requirements to your situation.
  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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+-- MikeMannix - 29 Aug 2001
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+-- MikeMannix - 15 Sep 2001

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