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Requirements To install Cotonti for the first time, you'll need to have the minimum following server software pre-installed:
* WWW Server (Apache, nginx, etc)
* PHP 5.1 or higher
* MySQL 4.1 or higher
Server Configuration
You MUST ensure that PHP has been compiled with support for:
* GD
* Mbstring
* MySQL
* PCRE
* Sessions
* Zlib
in order to successfully run Cotonti.

YOU NEED THESE STUFF