Requirements¶

Perform requires the following to run correctly:

PHP 5.6 or later
The dom, gd, pdo, xml, and zip PHP extensions
The PHP extension for your database of choice, e.g. pdo_mysql
The composer package manager
Node.js 5 or later, to install and build the css and javascript files

Recommendations¶

The yarn package manager for faster npm installs

Note

If you have the cli tool installed, the perform requirements command can be used to check if your system meets the requirements.

Quickstart for common operating systems¶

Here are some basic commands to install the requirements. They’re not particularly robust or secure, but can help get you get started quickly.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS¶

Create the file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list containing:

deb https://deb.nodesource.com/node_6.x xenial main
deb-src https://deb.nodesource.com/node_6.x xenial main

Then run

curl -s https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install php php-zip php-xml php-gd php-sqlite3 nodejs

curl https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

sudo npm install -g yarn