Software Requirements

bbBoard v2 requires a server with:

• Perl 5.x
• A supported Database Backend (mySQL, postgreSQL, Sprite etc - mySQL is recommended).
• Perl Modules:
  • CGI.pm, LWP::Simple for installation
  • Archive::Tar, IO::Zlib and Compress::Zlib, OR a working GNU tar/gzip binary available
  • Net::Telnet if you wish to use the e-mail verification features
  • The required perl module for your database backend (e.g DBD::mysql or DBD::Pg, etc)

If you wish to test that bbBoard v2 will work on your system before purchasing, you can use our Tester Script. Instructions:

1. Download the Tester Script.
2. Unzip tester.zip, using a program such as WinZip or Stuffit.
3. Upload tester.cgi in ASCII mode, to your web server. Check the Visual Movie Walkthroughs for help with this.
4. Chmod tester.cgi to 0755. See the Visual Movie Walkthroughs for help.
5. Load tester.cgi in your web browser. It will go through a list of checks, and will let you know what (if anything) needs to be changed or installed for bbBoard v2 to work on your server.

Table of Officially Verified Compatible Operating Systems/Configurations:

OS	Perl	HTTP Server	Database
Fedora Core 1 (Yarrow)	perl v5.8.1	Apache 2.0.47	postgreSQL 7.3.4
Mac OS X (10.3)*	perl v5.8.1-RC3	Apache 1.3.28	mySQL 4.0.17
Mandrake Linux 10.0 Community	perl v5.8.3	Apache 2.0.48	mySQL 4.0.18
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional	ActivePerl 5.8.3 build 809	Apache 1.3.29	ODBC (Microsoft Access)
Microsoft Windows XP	ActivePerl 5.6.1 build 635	Apache 2.0.49	mySQL 4.0.18
Redhat Advanced Server 2.1	perl v5.6.1	Apache 1.3.31	mySQL 4.0.20
RedHat Linux 7.3	perl v5.6.1	Apache 1.3.29	mySQL 3.23.57
RedHat Linux 9	perl v5.8.0	Apache 2.0.40	mySQL 3.23.58
SuSE Linux 9.0	perl v5.8.1	Apache 2.0.48	mySQL 4.0.15

* When installing on Mac OS X, please ensure to first install the OS X Developer Tools. You can usually find them in Applications/Installers/Developer Tools/Developer.mpkg, or from Apple's web site.

Reports of working (and non-working!) bbv2 installations on different systems are very welcome. Please let Support know as much information as possible.

Table of Officially Verified Compatible User Web Browsers:

This is a new section to this page. We will gradually fill it out with more configurations as we test them. If you have a particular configuration you would like to be verified, please let us know.

OS	Browser
Mac OS X (10.3)	Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.2 (5.2.3 (5815.1))
Max OS X (10.3)	Safari 1.1
Microsoft Windows XP	Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 (6.0.2800.1106.xpsp2.040919-1003)
Microsoft Windows XP	Opera 7.54, build 3865
Microsoft Windows XP	Mozilla Firefox 1.0
Red Hat Linux release 7.3 (Valhalla)	Lynx 2.8.4rel.1
Red Hat Linux release 9 (Shrike)	Opera 7.54 Final,Build 751 for Linux
Red Hat Linux release 9 (Shrike)	Mozilla 1.4.2, build 2004030815
Red Hat Linux release 9 (Shrike)	Konqueror 3.1-15 Red Hat