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System requirements
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www.1and1.com,
like I do, then this search will work without having
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purchase to a new folder on your
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If not hosted by 1and1, it can still work.
This is not for everyone. It was designed for webmasters who are
proficient at hand-coding HTML and who are familiar with the
Internet, web, and CGI. If you are not familiar with these concepts
and the related vocabulary, then the script might not fit your
needs.
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System requirements - continued...
Search Engine is not for everyone. It
was designed for webmasters who are proficient at hand-coding HTML
and who are familiar with the Internet, web, and CGI. If you are not
familiar with these concepts and the related vocabulary, then the
script might not fit your needs.
In attention to this "human
requirement", Search Engine has the following technical
requirements:
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Your web server MUST run Perl CGI
scripts.
Search Engine has been heavily
tested on Windows IIS, Windows Apache, and Unix Apache systems,
and will probably work on most others.
Search Engine does WILL NOT work on
Netware servers nor Mac servers prior to OS X. It may not work
on Windows NT 4.0.
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You MUST have permission from your
web hosting company to run your own CGI scripts.
Some web hosts support "server CGI",
such as hit counters and feedback forms which are maintained by
the web host itself, but they don't allow their customers to
install their own scripts. Support for only "server CGI" is not
sufficient to run Search Engine.
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Your server's version of Perl MUST
support the crypt
function.
That function is a fundamental part
of the Perl language, but it is not "compiled in" to all Perl
interpreters.
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Your server's version of Perl MUST
have the "strict.pm" and "vars.pm" standard libraries.
These libraries are commonly used
and are shipped with all versions of Perl. However, on some
servers they have been removed or are corrupt. If these
libraries aren't present and functioning properly, then Search
Engine will fail with no warning or error messages.
In addition to the base requirements,
the following are required for most features:
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Your server SHOULD support sockets
functionality for CGI scripts. The Search Engine web crawler
depends on sockets functionality. Without sockets, Search Engine
can still work, but only for searching static HTML files on the
local server. It won't be able to crawl remote sites nor dynamic
content. In practice, this means that the server configuration
must allow outbound sockets and DNS resolution. In addition, the
standard Socket.pm library must be installed and working.
Note: if your server does not
support sockets, see Admin Page => General Settings => Use
Socket Routines. Set the setting to 0 (unchecked). Then Search
Engine will internally disable all features which depend on
sockets. Any remaining features which appear in the web-based
admin interface will work properly.
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Your server's version of Perl SHOULD
support the
dbmopen
function.
Note:
if your server does not support
dbmopen,
see Using DBM files in Search Engine for instructions on how to
turn off features which depend on it. Doing so will help avoid
errors.
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