Finding and installing the prerequisites

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Of course you need opencms itself.

To run opencms you need

• A database system that is supported by opencms
• Java 1.4 or higher
• A servlet container (aka. 'servlet engine') that forms the basis for running opencms

The most well-tested open source components for getting started with opencms are:

• The Mysql, Version 4.0 or higher as database system
• Sun Java 1.5
• Jakarta Tomcat, Version 5.0 or higher as servlet container

• It not totally necessary, but a good idea to install a webserver like Apache, for handling all requests that arrive at your website.