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Requirements

Software requirements

Operating system

Sympa supports POSIX-based Unix-like operating systems. At least following operating systems have been reported working:

Sympa does not support Microsoft Windows.

Perl interpreter

Perl 5 interpreter is required. Currently, Perl 5.16.0 and later are supported, however, recent version of Perl 5 is recommended.

Note

  • As of Sympa 6.2.61b, support for Perl 5.14.x or earlier has been dropped.
  • As of Sympa 6.2.45b, support for Perl 5.10.0 or earlier has been dropped.

RDBMS

SQL server should have been installed and can be managed. At least following systems are supported:

Though Sympa can share database server with the other systems, dedicated database server is strongly recommended.

SQLite does not need actual server: It directly accesses database file on local storage. Using it on the sites with low volume is worth consideration.

Mail transfer agent (MTA)

Mail server is required. At least following products are reported working with Sympa:

HTTP server

To provide web interface, HTTP server is required. At least following products are reported working with Sympa:

Other software components

Sympa depends on several software components including tens of external Perl modules. Mandatory modules will be installed during installation process. More modules required to enable optional features will be described in each section of this document.

Network requirements

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