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authorYorhel <git@yorhel.nl>2009-09-21 11:45:16 +0200
committerYorhel <git@yorhel.nl>2009-09-21 11:45:16 +0200
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Added README file
Wanted to have a place to document the dependencies, mostly for myself.
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+The VNDB.org Source Code
+------------------------
+
+
+Installation & documentation
+
+ Documentation is lacking, you're pretty much on your own if you want to
+ get things running. :-(
+
+
+Requirements
+
+ global requirements:
+ Linux, or an OS that resembles Linux. Chances are VNDB won't run on Windows.
+ PostgreSQL 8.3 recommended, 8.1 may also work
+ perl 5.10 recommended, 5.8 may also work
+ A webserver that works with YAWF (lighttpd and Apache are known to work)
+
+ (perl 5.10 core modules are not listed.)
+
+ util/vndb.pl:
+ Algorithm::Diff::XS
+ CGI::Minimal (required by YAWF)
+ CGI::Cookie::XS (required by YAWF)
+ DBI
+ DBD::Pg
+ FCGI (optional, for running as a FastCGI script)
+ PerlIO::gzip (optional, for output compression)
+
+ util/multi.pl:
+ Core:
+ DBI
+ DBD::Pg
+ POE
+ POE::Component::Pg (get it from http://g.blicky.net/poco-pg.git/)
+ IRC:
+ POE::Component::IRC
+ URI::Escape
+ Image:
+ Image::Magick
+ Maintenance:
+ PerlIO::gzip
+ RG:
+ graphviz (/usr/bin/dot is used by default)
+ Sitemap:
+ XML::Writer
+ PerlIO::gzip
+
+
+Contact
+
+ IRC: #vndb @ irc.synirc.net
+ Email: contact@vndb.org
+
+
+License
+
+ GNU AGPL, see COPYING file for details.
+