Prerequisites

Bcfg2 has several server side prerequisites and a minimal set of client side requirements. This page describes the prerequisite software situation on all supported platforms. The table describes what software is needed on the client and server side.

Bcfg2 Client

Software	Version	Requires
libxml2 (if lxml is used)	Any
libxslt (if lxml is used)	Any	libxml2
python	2.4 and greater [#f1]
lxml or elementtree [2]	Any	lxml: libxml2, libxslt, python
python-apt [3]	Any	python
debsums (if APT tool driver is used)	Any

[1]	python 2.5 and later works with elementtree.

[2]	elementtree is included in python 2.5 and later.

[3]	python-apt is only required on platforms that use apt, such as Debian and Ubuntu.

Bcfg2 Server

Software	Version	Requires
libxml2	2.6.24+
libxslt	Any	libxml2
python	2.2-2.7
lxml	0.9+	lxml: libxml2, libxslt, python
gamin or fam	Any
python-gamin or python-fam	Any	gamin or fam, python
M2crypto or python-ssl (note that the ssl module is included in python versions 2.6 and later	Any	python, openssl