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This page describes the prerequisite software situation on all supported platforms. The table describes what software is needed on the client and server side.</p> <div class="section" id="bcfg2-client"> <h2>Bcfg2 Client<a class="headerlink" href="#bcfg2-client" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <table border="1" class="docutils"> <colgroup> <col width="33%" /> <col width="29%" /> <col width="38%" /> </colgroup> <thead valign="bottom"> <tr class="row-odd"><th class="head">Software</th> <th class="head">Version</th> <th class="head">Requires</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="row-even"><td>libxml2 (if lxml is used)</td> <td>Any</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td>libxslt (if lxml is used)</td> <td>Any</td> <td>libxml2</td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td>python</td> <td>2.4 and greater [#f1]</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td>lxml or elementtree <a class="footnote-reference" href="#f2" id="id1">[2]</a></td> <td>Any</td> <td>lxml: libxml2, libxslt, python</td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td>python-apt <a class="footnote-reference" href="#f3" id="id2">[3]</a></td> <td>Any</td> <td>python</td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td>debsums (if APT tool driver is used)</td> <td>Any</td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="docutils footnote" frame="void" id="f1" rules="none"> <colgroup><col class="label" /><col /></colgroup> <tbody valign="top"> <tr><td class="label">[1]</td><td>python 2.5 and later works with elementtree.</td></tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="docutils footnote" frame="void" id="f2" rules="none"> <colgroup><col class="label" /><col /></colgroup> <tbody valign="top"> <tr><td class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id1">[2]</a></td><td>elementtree is included in python 2.5 and later.</td></tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="docutils footnote" frame="void" id="f3" rules="none"> <colgroup><col class="label" /><col /></colgroup> <tbody valign="top"> <tr><td class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id2">[3]</a></td><td>python-apt is only required on platforms that use apt, such as Debian and Ubuntu.</td></tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="section" id="bcfg2-server"> <h2>Bcfg2 Server<a class="headerlink" href="#bcfg2-server" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <table border="1" class="docutils"> <colgroup> <col width="42%" /> <col width="14%" /> <col width="44%" /> </colgroup> <thead valign="bottom"> <tr class="row-odd"><th class="head">Software</th> <th class="head">Version</th> <th class="head">Requires</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="row-even"><td>libxml2</td> <td>2.6.24+</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td>libxslt</td> <td>Any</td> <td>libxml2</td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td>python</td> <td>2.2-2.7</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td>lxml</td> <td>0.9+</td> <td>lxml: libxml2, libxslt, python</td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td>gamin or fam</td> <td>Any</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td>python-gamin or python-fam</td> <td>Any</td> <td>gamin or fam, python</td> </tr> <tr 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