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<part label="II">
<title>Installation</title>
<partintro>
<para>
Installation and Configuration of phpGroupWare has never been easy. Just point and click , yeah
its very easy :-). Since this is still a beta version we do expect some bugs . By carefully reading
this document you can easly install phpGroupWare.
</para>
</partintro>
<chapter id="requirements">
<title>Requirements</title>
<para>
You will need PHP compiled and installed on your system. You will also need MySQL or PostgreSQL setup.
If you are planning on using the email system, you will need to have an IMAP server installed and IMAP support compiled into PHP.
You can have it installed as an Apache module or command line version, the Apache module is preferred.
We will assume that you are running on a Linux or other Unix system for these steps.
Windows is supported, but there is no documentation for it currently.
</para>
<simplesect>
<title>Tested Systems</title>
<para>
On Linux 2.2.x
<itemizedlist mark=bullet>
<listitem><para>PHP 3.0.15+ / PHP 4.0.x</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Apache 1.3.x</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>MySQL 3.22.25 or PostgreSQL 7.0.x</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Courier-IMAP 0.33+ and/or qmail 1.03 for POP3 access</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
We have reports of it working on Windows NT and OS/2, and using Oracle as the database.</para>
</simplesect>
</chapter>
<chapter id="obtaining">
<title>Obtaining phpGroupWare</title>
<para>
While we are still in the Beta phase of phpGroupWare, you may
want to track the CVS copy as closely as possible. The released
versions are more stable, but often contain bugs that have been fixed
in the CVS version.
</para>
<simplesect>
<title>Released Versions</title>
<para>
The downloads section on the <ulink url="http://www.phpgroupware.org/"><citetitle>site</citetitle></ulink>
contains links to the most recent releases, and several mirror sites
for the releases.
</para>
</simplesect>
<simplesect>
<title>Developer's version from CVS</title>
<para>
If you have never used CVS, you may want to read through the doucmentation
found at <ulink url="http://www.cvshome.org/"><citetitle>www.cvshome.org</citetitle>
</ulink>.
The CVS pages for the core and apps projects can be found at
<ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=7305">
<citetitle>phpGroupWare Core CVS</citetitle></ulink>
, and <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=9787">
<citetitle>phpGroupWare Apps CVS</citetitle></ulink>.
Follow the directions for <emphasis>Anonymous CVS access</emphasis> and you should
have the most recent development copy of phpGroupWare in no time.
</para>
</simplesect>
</chapter>
&installing;
&trobshoot;
</part>