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2. Minimum configuration and installation pre-requisites

Here are our recommendations for a minimum configuration to run PMB.

Go to Administration; Tools; Choose the option Database Update to update your database. You will not have to make a new installation, your data will be preserved without suffering any loss.

2.1. Standalone on Windows

PMB is a client/server web application. Nevertheless a number of sites use PMB in a standalone environment (only one computer) on Windows.

  • Intel Pentium processor or equivalent, 1 GHz minimum

  • 128 MB RAM, recommended 256MB

  • Microsoft XP, Vista or 7

  • EasyPHP 1.8

2.2. Installation pre-requisites

PMB is a 3-tier application based on a typical web environment. In order to function, it will need :

  • Server side :

    • Any web server capable of integrating the PHP scripting language

    • The PHP language to execute the scripts. The PHP language necessary specific features :

      • PHP 5

      • Necessary modules : MySQL, GD, XSLT

      • Optional modules for activating certain functions : YAZ for Z39.50 search, bz2 for the direct archiving of backups.

    • A MySQL 5 or higher database server

  • Client side :

    • A new generation web browser (MS I.E. 6, Mozilla Firefox, Netscape 7, ...) platform independent : Windows, Linux, MacOS, UNIX, Solaris, BeOS...

    • Cookies must be enabled (not necessary for OPAC)

    • Pop-ups must be enabled (not necessary for OPAC)

It is possible to make PMB function on a standalone. In this case, server and client are one and same machine. The server's network address will be http://localhost/ or the IP address http://127.0.0.1/ both addresses directing to the local machine, that is, the client computer itself.

Similarly client and server can be different, either on the library's local network or via the Internet. Likewise it is possible to install the MySQL server hosting the database separately.

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