User's Manual

VirtueMart User Manual
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Administration: Product List
3. Installation
3.1. Requirements
3.1.1. Server Requirements
As VirtueMart is only a plugin for Joomla!, it has the same System Requirements, which are:
• Joomla! 1.0.x or Mambo (>= 4.5.1) recommended: Joomla! 1.0.x
• PHP 4.2.x or above - http://www.php.net recommended: PHP 4.4.x
• MySQL 3.23.x or above - http://www.mysql.com recommended: MySQL 4.0.x
• Apache 1.13.19 or above - http://www.apache.org recommended: Apache 2.x
You must ensure that you have MySQL-, XML- and Zlib-Support built into your PHP. Support for
https (openSSL) and cURL is recommended!
3.1.2. Client Requirements
VirtueMart can be used with most major browsers including: Internet Explorer (version 5.5+), Firefox,
Opera, Safari and Konqueror. Javascript doesn't need to be enabled when shopping and checking out.
The administration section requires Javascript to be enabled.
The browser needs to be capable of accepting Cookies.
3.2. Installation and Upgrade
New Installation
When having met all the requirements and when you are running Joomla! or Mambo you have two
choices: