Requirements 

GEMS Server Requirements:

• Webserver (tested with Apache2/mod_php and Lighttpd/cgi_php fastcgi)
• PHP4.x  with MySQL, curl, sockets(Tested with PHP 4.3.11 and 4.4.0)
• Curl
• PEAR Cache_Lite, XML_Parser, XML_RSS, XML_Tree
• MySQL 4.1.x
• eix
• USE flags: php curl mysql fastcgi cgi(cgi and fastcgi for lighttpd) ssl

GEMS Endpoint Requirements:

• PHP with curl, sockets (cli only)
• Curl
• eix (emerge eix)
• USE flags: curl sockets posix pnctl cli

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