To work with WebAsyst:

Only a web browser is required. No more software.

To install Shop-Script on your server:

Your server should satisfy following system requirements.

To install WebAsyst Shop-Script on your web server it should satisfy following system requirements.

• PHP 5
• 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),
• — domxml, simplexml — for parsing XML files,
• — GD — for image resizing,
• — cURL is required 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.
• Apache web server with mod_rewrite enabled is required for user-friendly URLs style in your storefront (e.g. /product/alarm-clock/, /category/mobile-phones/). If mod_rewrite is disabled or if you use IIS web server, only old Shop-Script style URLs can be used (index.php?productID=X, index.php?categoryID=Y).
• It is highly recommended to install web servers that do not limit maximum execution time for PHP scripts or where this limitation is not less than 3 minutes.
  
  The detailed list of system requirements for installation of WebAsyst Shop-Script is available in the Knowledge Base.
  
  WebAsyst Installer uncompresses entire archive with script files during installation — automatic propersetting of file access permissions (chmod) during installation and downloading of 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.