- - Search::Xapian deb: libsearch-xapian-perl
- rpm: perl-Search-Xapian
- (for NNTP service or gzipped mbox over HTTP)
-
- - IO::Compress::Gzip deb: perl-modules (or libio-compress-perl)
- rpm: perl-PerlIO-gzip
- (for gzipped mbox over HTTP)
-
- - DBI deb: libdbi-perl
- rpm: perl-DBI
- (for gzipped mbox over HTTP)
-
- - DBD::SQLite deb: libdbd-sqlite3-perl
- rpm: perl-DBD-SQLite
- (for NNTP service or gzipped mbox over HTTP)
-
- - Danga::Socket deb: libdanga-socket-perl
- rpm: perl-Danga-Socket
- (for bundled HTTP and NNTP servers)
-
- - Net::Server deb: libnet-server-perl
- rpm: perl-Net-Server
- (for HTTP/NNTP servers as standalone daemons,
- not needed as systemd services)
-
- - Filesys::Notify::Simple deb: libfilesys-notify-simple-perl
- rpm: perl-Filesys-Notify-Simple
- (for public-inbox-watch)
-
- - Inline::C[7] deb: libinline-c-perl
- (speeds up spawning of git(1) on Linux
- (see public-inbox-daemon(8))
-
- - Plack::Middleware::ReverseProxy
-
- deb: libplack-middleware-reverseproxy-perl
- rpm: perl-Plack-Middleware-ReverseProxy
- (ensures redirects are correct when running
- behind nginx or Varnish)
-
- - Plack::Middleware::Deflater
-
- deb: libplack-middleware-deflater-perl
- rpm: perl-Plack-Middleware-Deflater
- (saves bandwidth on responses)
-
- - Socket6 deb: libsocket6-perl
- rpm: perl-Socket6
- (pulled in by SpamAssassin and Net::Server,
- only necessary if using IPv6 with
- Plack::Middleware::AccessLog or similar
- on Perl <= 5.12)
-
- - Crypt::CBC deb: libcrypt-cbc-perl
- (for the rarely-used PublicInbox::Unsubscribe)
-
-On Fedora systems, you'll probably also end up wanting
-perl-Test-HTTP-Server-Simple, perl-Devel-Peek, and perl-IPC-Run to run the
-test suite. On Debian systems, libxml-feed-perl and libipc-run-perl
-will aid in running the test suite (XML::Feed and IPC::Run respectively,
-on CPAN).
+- DBD::SQLite deb: libdbd-sqlite3-perl
+ pkg: p5-DBD-SQLite
+ rpm: perl-DBD-SQLite
+ (for v2, IMAP, NNTP, or gzipped mboxes)
+
+- Search::Xapian or Xapian(.pm) deb: libsearch-xapian-perl
+ pkg: p5-Search-Xapian OR p5-Xapian
+ rpm: perl-Search-Xapian
+ (HTTP and IMAP search)
+
+- Inline::C deb: libinline-c-perl
+ pkg: pkg-Inline-C
+ rpm: perl-Inline (or perl-Inline-C)
+ (speeds up process spawning on Linux,
+ see public-inbox-daemon(8))
+
+- Email::Address::XS deb: libemail-address-xs-perl
+ pkg: pkg-Email-Address-XS
+ (correct parsing of tricky email
+ addresses, phrases and comments,
+ required for IMAP)
+
+- Parse::RecDescent deb: libparse-recdescent-perl
+ pkg: p5-Parse-RecDescent
+ rpm: perl-ParseRecDescent
+ (optional, for public-inbox-imapd(1))
+
+- Mail::IMAPClient deb: libmail-imapclient-perl
+ pkg: p5-Mail-IMAPClient
+ rpm: perl-Mail-IMAPClient
+ (optional for lei and public-inbox-watch)
+
+- BSD::Resource deb: libbsd-resource-perl
+ pkg: p5-BSD-Resource
+ rpm: perl-BSD-Resource
+ (optional, for PSGI limiters
+ see public-inbox-config(5))
+
+- Plack::Middleware::ReverseProxy deb: libplack-middleware-reverseproxy-perl
+ pkg: p5-Plack-Middleware-ReverseProxy
+ rpm: perl-Plack-Middleware-ReverseProxy
+ (ensures redirects are correct when running
+ behind nginx or Varnish)
+
+* highlight deb: libhighlight-perl
+ (for syntax highlighting with coderepo)
+
+* xapian-compact (tool) deb: xapian-tools
+ pkg: xapian-core
+ rpm: xapian-core
+ (optional, for public-inbox-compact(1))
+
+* curl (tool) deb, pkg, rpm: curl
+ (for HTTP(S) externals with curl)
+
+- Linux::Inotify2 deb: liblinux-inotify2-perl
+ rpm: perl-Linux-Inotify2
+ (for lei, public-inbox-watch and -imapd
+ on Linux)
+
+- IO::KQueue pkg: p5-IO-KQueue
+ (for lei, public-inbox-watch and -imapd
+ on *BSDs)
+
+- Net::Server deb: libnet-server-perl
+ pkg: pkg-Net-Server
+ rpm: perl-Net-Server
+ (for HTTP/IMAP/NNTP background daemons,
+ not needed as systemd services or
+ foreground servers)
+
+The following module is typically pulled in by dependencies listed
+above, so there is no need to explicitly install them:
+
+- DBI deb: libdbi-perl
+ pkg: p5-DBI
+ rpm: perl-DBI
+ (pulled in by DBD::SQLite)
+
+Uncommonly needed modules (see HACKING for development-only modules):
+
+- Socket6 deb: libsocket6-perl
+ pkg: p5-Socket6
+ rpm: perl-Socket6
+ (pulled in by SpamAssassin and Net::Server,
+ only necessary if using IPv6 with
+ Plack::Middleware::AccessLog or similar
+ on Perl <= 5.12)
+
+- Crypt::CBC deb: libcrypt-cbc-perl
+ pkg: p5-Crypt-CBC
+ (for PublicInbox::Unsubscribe (rarely used))