NAME
Task::OTRS::Win32 - Almost all of the modules required for installing OTRS Help Desk on win32.
VERSION
version 1.12
SYNOPSIS
This is just a Task module to install dependencies. There's no code to use or run.
DESCRIPTION
Installing this module will also install almost all the modules you'll need to run OTRS on Win32. This module pulls in all the modules specified in Task::OTRS and then adds all modules needed specifically for use on Windows. This includes modules to install the Scheduler service, as well as modules needed for CRONw.
Note that OTRS itself also ships some CPAN modules in Kernel/cpan-libs, these modules will not be required by Task::OTRS. See for the bundled list of modules in OTRS Module::OTRS::CoreList.
The only module that you need to run OTRS but that will not be installed is the database driver, because OTRS supports multiple database backends. Please note that if you install this module on Strawberry Perl this is generally not needed, because it ships with drivers for MySQL, PostgreSQL and ODBC.
So after you're done installing Task::OTRS::Win32 you might also want to install the database driver for your DMBS of choice:
for MySQL (the most popular database for OTRS): DBD::mysql
for PostgreSQL: DBD::Pg
for Oracle: DBD::Oracle
for Microsoft SQL Server: DBD::ODBC (only on Windows platforms)
for IBM DB2: DBD::DB2
Note that installing these drivers can require installation of database libraries on your system as well.
All modules that will be installed are listed below. Note that if such a module is already on your system, we will not install it again.
Task::OTRS
Date::Manip
Log::Dispatch
Log::Dispatch::FileRotate
Log::Log4perl
Win32
Win32::Console::ANSI
Win32::Daemon
Win32::Service
CAVEATS
Apart from not installing the database dependencies, installing Task::OTRS::Win32 will get you possibly more modules than you'll be needing. For instance, if you use postfix for mail delivery and sending, you might not be needing Net::POP3 and Net::SMTP. Also, in case you don't care about generating PDF files with OTRS, you don't need PDF::API2. That said, installing Task::OTRS::Win32 can help in setting up OTRS more quickly.
This module will install all modules for the current version of OTRS, 3.2.x. It could be possible that for other versions the requirements change. It would be feasible that by then I'll release specific Task:: modules for specific OTRS versions.
AUTHOR
Michiel Beijen <michiel.beijen@gmail.com>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is Copyright (c) 2012 by OTRS BV.
This is free software, licensed under:
The GNU Affero General Public License, Version 3, November 2007