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, while other software is optional.
| Software | Usage | Additional information | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| LibreOffice | - Converts documents to PDF. - It is needed for the preview feature. |
Yes | |
| ImageMagick or GraphicsMagick |
- Transforms images. - Generates thumbnails. - It is needed for the preview feature. |
Usually, it is installed by default on Linux OS. In most cases, it is not necessary to install it on Windows because it is embedded by default in the OpenKM bundle installation. |
Yes |
| Ghostscript | - Interpreter for the PostScript language and PDF. - Needed by ImageMagick. |
Usually, it is installed by default on Linux OS. | Optional |
| Tesseract | - An OCR engine. - It is 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 |