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>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
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>In order to check if you have php installed create the file
with your favorite text editor named test.php in your webserver
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>Then point your browser to http://yourserverroot/test.php.
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>A set of scripts to compile and install various modules with
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>The Linux Apache MySQL PHP (LAMP) Guide v2 (latest as of
this writing)</P
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