Thirdparty software requirements
Third-party software requirements
Section titled “Third-party software requirements”OpenKM uses third-party software for some features. Some of this software needs to be installed on the server; others are optional.
| Software | Usage | Additional information | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenOffice or LibreOffice | - Converts documents to PDF. - It is needed for the preview feature. |
Yes | |
| ImageMagick | - Transforms images. - Generates thumbnails. - It is needed for the preview feature. |
Usually comes installed by default on Linux OS. On Windows, in most cases it is not necessary to install it because it is embedded by default in the OpenKM bundle. |
Yes |
| SWFTools | - Converts PDF documents to SWF. - It is needed for the preview feature. |
In most cases it is unnecessary to install it because it is embedded by default in the OpenKM bundle. | Yes |
| GhostScript | - Interpreter for the PostScript language and PDF. - Needed by ImageMagick. |
Usually comes installed by default on Linux OS. | Optional |
| Pdftohtml | - Converts PDF documents to HTML. - It is needed for the preview feature. |
Optional | |
| Tesseract or Cuneiform | - OCR engine. - They are used for the text extraction feature. |
It is required when the application must process images to extract text (OCR). | Optional |
| FFmpeg | - Converts and streams audio and video. | Optional | |
| ClamAV or equivalent | - Antivirus. | Required when the antivirus feature is enabled. | Optional |