Movable Type System Requirements

MOVABLE TYPE is written in Perl, so you will need Perl installed on your system in order to run MOVABLE TYPE. Perl is installed by default on most servers, so it is very likely that your system will already have it. In addition, you will need 6 Perl modules, 5 of which are installed along with Perl--so if you have Perl, you will have these 5 modules. The last required module (HTML::Template) is installed on many hosting providers, and can be downloaded and installed easily otherwise.

The MOVABLE TYPE system runs as a CGI script, so you will need the ability to run CGI scripts on your account.

MOVABLE TYPE uses a flexible, transparent backend for data storage; currently, the only working backend uses Berkeley DB files and the DB_File Perl module, both installed by default on many systems. Future enhancements will include storage in relational databases, for example.