MiniVend is a complex system requiring the services of other complex pieces of hardware and software. While it can be very easy to install, it is not always. You must look at the ongoing environment as well as just the initial installation. Perl First of all, you need a recent Perl. MiniVend 4 will not run on anything less than Perl 5.005. Perl modules MiniVend will run with a stock Perl, but to use some features of MiniVend (like the MiniMate interface) you will need some extra modules.

No. MiniVend will not run on a Macintosh running System 7 or other ''Finder'' operating system. If some technically-oriented user would port it, or someone will give MiniVend's author a PowerMac, then it might. 8-) MiniVend's *files* can be manipulated by any computer. As long as uploads/downloads of database source, pages, and configuration files are done in ASCII mode, there is no reason you can't edit them on your Mac.

Maybe. It has been downloaded over 500,000 times (availability at 50+ FTP sites means it is unknown how many more times than that) with no reported system security problems. It uses the Perl Safe.pm module for user-embedded Perl subroutines and conditionals to make use of those pretty carefree. If you don't use MiniVend's encryption capability for encrypting credit card numbers, or the real-time payment (CyberCash, etc.

None, really, though by accepting a performance penalty you can embed many MiniVend tags inside of regular HTML with things like: pragma no_html_parse 0] <A HREF="[href minivend_page]">Link</A> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE=MV MV="set Action"> mv_todo=return mv_nextpage=your_page </SCRIPT> Some HTML editors have a tag like <NOTOUCH></NOTOUCH> that defines regions which should not be wrapped or reformatted by the editor. You should use this.

MiniVend is not just a script. It is a combination of many programs, Perl modules, and links to other subsystems such as SQL databases, CyberCash, PGP, and the Glimpse search engine. It is so big because it is more than just a shopping cart -- it is a complete database access and retrieval application. It uses a lot of memory because the author got a case of feeping creaturitis and added too many features while attempting to maintain backward compatibility with older catalogs.

A daemon is a program that always is running in the background on the system, initialized and waiting for something to do. MiniVend runs as a daemon in the normal course of events. MiniVend takes an appreciable amount of time to compile and load even on the fastest systems. It has many configuration options, and can serve hundreds of catalogs. If it were to be loaded every time a user accessed it, it would be unusable. The daemon approach allows a rich set of features to be accessed fast.

Though MiniVend has ODBC capability, the Microsoft Access ODBC driver is not a network driver. You cannot access it on a PC from your ISP or UNIX system. However, you can turn it around. Once you have created a MySQL or other SQL database on the UNIX machine, you may then obtain the Windows ODBC driver for the database (mySQL has a package called myODBC) and use the UNIX database as a data source for your PC-based database program. You install it by typing, as root, rpm -i mysql-3.XX.XX.rpm.

Use the standard facility on your operating system. For BSD style systems, the file is usually called rc.local (in the /etc directory). On SVR4 systems, it is quite a bit more complex -- look for the /etc/rc.d directory and see what other programs do. Often the file is called S99startup or something similar. The technique to start up depends on the facility of your su(1) command. This should work on most operating systems: MiniVend supplies a restart script which tries to do the above portably.

MiniVend is a full-featured shopping cart with high-end power. It can and does maintain databases of hundreds of thousands of items or more, and is frequently used in catalogs with hundreds or many thousands of items. MiniVend is database-based. It has a complex implementation and a fairly steep learning curve. If all you are ever going to catalog is just a few items, and/or the items will not frequently change, MiniVend is probably overkill for your needs.

MiniVend is designed to build pages based on templates, from a database. If all you want is a shopping cart, you probably should use a simpler program. It is not difficult to convert existing static pages to MiniVend, but maintaining them can be a nightmare. Minivend does not require SQL. If you have a small database with no particular desire to integrate your own toolset, you may be more comfortable using Minivend's internal database.

You need a computer that meets the system requirements found here. Also you need to have an internet connection. High speed and low speed both works with Autism Education Online.

Since PDL is just a Perl package you need first of all an installation of Perl on your machine. As of this writing PDL requires version 5.004 of Perl, version 5.004_4 or higher is strongly recommended. More information on where and how to get a Perl installation can be found at the Perl home page http://www.perl.com and at many CPAN sites (if you do not know what CPAN is check the answer to the next question).

Any system capable of running Gnome 2, KDE 3.2, Windows 2000, Mac OS X and later versions should be able to run GIMP. GIMP's biggest appetite is for memory and how much you will need will depend on the how many images you are working with, their resolution, size, the number of layers you use and so on. As a general rule, more is better, but 128MB should be enough to be getting started with.

Any computer that can successfully run JediKnight should be capable of running the core release and all subsequent releases. It has been developed on a Pentium 233 MMX with 32 mb Ram. It was seen running in 3D accelerated mode on an ATI 3D Rage II and Monster 3D II 8 mb video card setup with no problems.

First, you need a computer which is IBM compatible. The computer should have 640 KB of RAM or even more :)) (in some cases it will work with fewer RAM, too, but I would use more). Then, you need a floppy drive, a harddisk or something simular. It would be great to have a keyboard or a mouse and if you want to see something you might need a monitor... but that's all. For those who always were happy with Windows it might be annoying to type a lot at the command prompt.

A 3DFX-based 3D accelerator card employing the Voodoo, Voodoo Rush, Voodoo2, Banshee or Voodoo3 chipset. (Note: Only D2_3DFX v1.06b supports Voodoo2 and above.)

In all other cases, such as running DenyHosts from cron then technically speaking, no. However, in order to run DenyHosts as non-root you must ensure that you have read-permissions on the /var/log/ sshd server logs. Alternatively, you can copy them to a directory where you do have read-permissions. Also, in order for DenyHosts to block hosts, it needs write permissions for the /etc/hosts.deny file. DenyHosts will gladly run without being able to update this file.

EzASPSite? requires web space on a web server that supports ASP 2.0 or above. Without Microsoft ASP 2.0 or above support you can NOT use this application.

OneTouch Diabetes Management Software v2.3 and higher have been tested and validated to run on Microsoft® Windows® 98 Second Edition, Windows® NT 4.0 Workstation (SP6 or above), Windows® 2000 Professional (SP4 or above), Windows® Me, and Windows® XP Home and Professional (SP2 or above) and Windows Vista™.

You need Visual Studio .NET 2003 or 2005 (Standard, Professional, or Team edition) installed on your computer to run C-Sharpener For VB because it is a Visual Studio .NET Addin. C-Sharpener For VB does not support Visual Studio .Net 2005 Express edition because the Express edition does not support Visual Studio .NET Addins.

Yes, you have to have some form of X server (unless you're running Windows, of course). It needs an X server for image processing, and for font manipulation. However, if you wish to run in batch mode, you can run with a special, frame-buffer-less X server called Xvfb, which doesn't require a graphics card or mess with your screen: Xvfb :1 -screen 0 10x10x8 -pixdepths 1 & gimp --display :1.0 --no-interface --batch "commands" ..

YES. The Gnutella network is a system of computers connected only through the internet. In order for LimeWire to connect to the Gnutella network, an internet connection must be present. LimeWire will not establish an internet connection for you. Some security programs block loopback connections for all programs on your computer unless an exception has been created within the security program.

MatchEd is written in Java, so you must install, or have installed, a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) to run it. Check out The Source for JavaTM Technology to find a suitable JVM for your system.

Windows and Mac OS X. aMSN will run right out of the box if you download the official packages, which can be found at http://amsn.sourceforge.net/download.php. Linux. You will need Tcl 8.4 / Tk 8.4 or above in order to run aMSN. These two packages (Tcl & Tk) are usually installed by default on most distributions. These can also be installed as a dependency if your packaging system supports it (rpm, deb, etc.). If for some reason your distribution does not currently provide you with Tcl 8.