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 [1]
lxml or elementtree [2]	Any	lxml: libxml2, libxslt, python
python-apt [3]	Any	python
debsums (if APT tool driver is used)	Any
python-setuptools	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 inotify	Any
python-gamin or pyinotify	Any	gamin or inotify, python
python-ssl (note	Any	python, backported ssl module
python-setuptools	Any

Bcfg2 Reporting

A webserver capabable of running wsgi applications is required for web reporting, such as Apache + mod_wsgi or nginx.

Software	Version	Requires
django	1.2.0+
south	0.7.5+