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Additional Linux Requirements

July 21, 2025

The following packages must be present on the Linux / FreeBSD machine in order for AhsayCBS version 10 to be installed.

OpenJDK v21

For FreeBSD, make sure that OpenJDK v21 has been installed beforehand since the user will be asked to enter the location of the java 21 home.

GNU C Library 2.31

Different Linux platforms require different versions of the GNU libc to be installed. The installed "GNU libc" version must at least be 2.31 to support OpenJDK v21 which is used by AhsayCBS.

Here is the list of the different platforms and GNU libc version needed:

Platform GNU libc version
CentOS 9 2.34
Debian 11 2.31
Debian 12 2.36
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 2.34
Ubuntu 20.04 2.31
net-tools

The 'net-tools" package contains basic Linux networking tools such as ifconfig which is required by AhsayCBS for system functions such as license key activation.

Tar

The tar command is used to uncompress and extract installation files from the cbs-nix.tar.gz file.

Wget

The wget command is used to download the AhsayCBS cbs-nix.tar.gz installation file from the Ahsay website.

curl

The curl command is used to download the AhsayCBS cbs-nix.tar.gz installation file from the Ahsay website.