To work with WebAsyst:

Only a web browser is required. No additional software is needed.

To install WebAsyst PHP software:

Your web server must satisfy the following system requirements.

• PHP 5.0.5 or higher
• MySQL 4.1 or higher, 5.x
• Required PHP extensions:
  
  
• — mbstring, iconv for proper utf-8 encoding handling,
• — ZLib is required for installation and automated updates (archive functions),
• — dom (doxml), simplexml — for parsing XML files,
• — GD — for image resizing in WebAsyst Photos and Shop-Script (in WebAsyst Photos you may use Imagick instead of GD),
• — cURL is required by WebAsyst Shop-Script if you would like to receive SMS notifications on new orders or use one of the following payment and shipping options — Google Checkout, PayPal Express Checkout, Authorize.Net AIM, NetRegistry, eProcessingNetwork, UPS, USPS.
• It is highly recommended to install WebAsyst software on a web server with no limitation on the maximum execution time for PHP scripts or with that limitation set to no less than 3 minutes.
  
  The detailed list of system requirements for installation of WebAsyst is available in the Knowledge Base.
  
  WebAsyst Installer uncompresses entire archive with script files during installation — this allows properly setting file access permissions (chmod) automatically during installation and downloading archive with software updates (automated scripts update system). If your web server limits the maximum scripts execution time, WebAsyst installation wizard will not be able to uncompress archive with script files (usually it takes about 2-3 minutes) which means that you will have to install software and set file permissions (chmod) manually.