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 ** '''Windows OS''' is not recommended. Not many Cheetah users run on Windows based servers, so support will be very limited. Cheetah is also developed for and only tested on Linux based servers.
 * '''Apache v.1.3''' and higher or '''LiteSpeed''' web server. Other web servers can be used too, but custom rewrite rules are required, we have one for [[How_to_setup_Cheetah_on_Nginx|Nginx]].
-* '''PHP 5.4.0''' or higher. '''PHP 7''' recommended. '''Cheetah is not yet compatible with PHP 8'''<br />
+* '''PHP 5.5.0''' or higher. '''PHP 7''' recommended. '''Cheetah is not yet compatible with PHP 8'''<br />
 ** '''PHP-CLI''' (command line version) should also be installed, and it should be configured the same way and have the same extensions required by Cheetah as the FPM version.
 *** '''For Cheetah versions above 1.2.0'''

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 * '''max_execution_time''' must be set to '''300''' or higher. Some areas of Cheetah perform database backups. Script timeouts that occur if this setting is too low will cause problems during those backups.
 * '''curl, gd, mbstring, xsl, json, fileinfo, openssl, zip, ftp, calendar, exif, pdo,''' and '''pdo_mysql '''extensions''' must be installed'''.
 * '''[http://www.mysql.com/ MySQL 5.5.3]''' and higher or '''[https://mariadb.org/ MariaDB 10.x]'''.
 * The '''magic_quotes_gpc''' option must be disabled.

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 * '''max_execution_time''' must be set to '''300''' or higher. Some areas of Cheetah perform database backups. Script timeouts that occur if this setting is too low will cause problems during those backups.
 * '''curl, gd, mbstring, xsl, json, fileinfo, openssl, zip, ftp, calendar, exif, pdo,''' and '''pdo_mysql '''extensions''' must be installed'''.
 * '''[http://www.mysql.com/ MySQL 5.5.3]''' and higher or '''[https://mariadb.org/ MariaDB 10.x]'''.
 * The '''magic_quotes_gpc''' option must be disabled.

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 * '''max_execution_time''' must be set to '''300''' or higher. Some areas of Cheetah perform database backups. Script timeouts that occur if this setting is too low will cause problems during those backups.
 * '''curl, gd, mbstring, xsl, json, fileinfo, openssl, zip, ftp, calendar, exif, pdo,''' and '''pdo_mysql '''extensions''' must be installed'''.
-* '''[http://www.mysql.com/ MySQL 4.1.2]''' and higher or '''[https://mariadb.org/ MariaDB]'''.
+* '''[http://www.mysql.com/ MySQL 5.5.3]''' and higher or '''[https://mariadb.org/ MariaDB 10.x]'''.
 * The '''magic_quotes_gpc''' option must be disabled.
 * If a security module is installed (such as '''mod_security''' for Apache), it should be able to be configured for specific folders (or disabled).

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 * Linux/Unix (Red Hat, Ubuntu, Debian, FreeBSD, Mandrake, etc.). Windows OS has also been known to work, but Cheetah is not tested on Windows so is not recommended.
-** '''Note:''' Linux kernel 2.6.32 or higher is needed for ffmpeg and ffprobe
+** '''Note:''' Linux kernel 2.6.32 or higher is needed for ffmpeg
 ** '''Windows OS''' is not recommended. Not many Cheetah users run on Windows based servers, so support will be very limited. Cheetah is also developed for and only tested on Linux based servers.
 * '''Apache v.1.3''' and higher or '''LiteSpeed''' web server. Other web servers can be used too, but custom rewrite rules are required, we have one for [[How_to_setup_Cheetah_on_Nginx|Nginx]].

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 * Linux/Unix (Red Hat, Ubuntu, Debian, FreeBSD, Mandrake, etc.). Windows OS has also been known to work, but Cheetah is not tested on Windows so is not recommended.
-** '''Note:''' Linux kernel 2.6.32 or higher is needed for ffmpeg.exe
+** '''Note:''' Linux kernel 2.6.32 or higher is needed for ffmpeg and ffprobe
 ** '''Windows OS''' is not recommended. Not many Cheetah users run on Windows based servers, so support will be very limited. Cheetah is also developed for and only tested on Linux based servers.
 * '''Apache v.1.3''' and higher or '''LiteSpeed''' web server. Other web servers can be used too, but custom rewrite rules are required, we have one for [[How_to_setup_Cheetah_on_Nginx|Nginx]].
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 * '''Sendmail''' or '''Postfix''' programs for sending emails.
 * Ability to create '''[http://www.unixgeeks.org/security/newbie/unix/cron-1.html Cron Jobs]'''.
-* You should be able to run executable files (you would need it for '''ffmpeg.exe''', which converts videos).
+* You should be able to run executable files (you would need it for '''ffmpeg''', which converts videos).
 == Server Requirements for Media Streaming ==

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 * '''safe_mode''' must be '''Off'''<br />
 * '''exec()''' (executable files) must be '''allowed'''<br />
 * '''allow_url_fopen''' should be '''On'''<br />
 * '''allow_url_include''' should be '''Off'''<br />

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 * '''mod_rewrite''' for Apache
 * Direct connection to https://www.cheetahwsb.com/ should be able to be established (i.e. connection without requiring proxy authorization). This is required for license verification.
-* '''[http://www.boutell.com/gd/ GD library]''' compiled with '''FreeType''' fonts (for photo processing) or '''[http://imagemagick.org/ ImageMagick]''' as an alternative.
+* '''[https://libgd.github.io/ GD library]''' compiled with '''FreeType''' fonts (for photo processing) or '''[http://imagemagick.org/ ImageMagick]''' as an alternative.
 * '''Sendmail''' or '''Postfix''' programs for sending emails.
 * Ability to create '''[http://www.unixgeeks.org/security/newbie/unix/cron-1.html Cron Jobs]'''.