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require_once("docutil.php");
page_head("BOINC: Software prerequisites and corequisites");
?>
BOINC depends on various software to build, test, and run.
<h1>Unix</h1>
Required for <b>compiling</b>:
<ul>
<li><b>GNU C++</b> 2.95 or 3.0-3.3; other C++ compilers can be ported
<li>Other standard development tools assumed: make, gzip, etc.
</ul>
Required to run automated tests, create a project and other various tools:
<ul>
<li><b>Python</b> 2.2+
<ul>
<li>Python module <a href=z><b>MySQLdb</b></a> (<a href=z>installation instructions</a>)
<li>Python module <a href=z><b>xmlzzzz</b></a>
</ul>
</ul>
Required on the <b>database</b> server:
<ul>
<li><b>MySQL</b> 3.25+ or 4.0+: other SQL server can be ported.
</ul>
Required on the <b>master/scheduler</b> server(s):
<ul>
<li><b>Apache</b> or other webserver
<li><b>PHP</b> 4.0
</ul>
Optional, required only if you change <code>*/Makefile.am</code>:
<ul>
<li><b>automake</b> 1.7+
<li><b>autoconf</b> 2.5+
</ul>
<small>
On Debian Linux you can install all of the above software using
<blockquote>
<code>apt-get install g++ python python-mysqldb python-xml mysql apache php automake autoconf</code>
</blockquote>
</small>
<h1>Windows client</h1>
Required for compiling:
<ul>
<li><b>Microsoft Visual C</b> 6.0
</ul>
Required for creating install packages:
<ul>
<li><b>InstallShield</b>
</ul>
<h1>Macintosh client</h1>
Required for compiling:
<ul>
<li><b>?</b>
</ul>
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