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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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Most tools require:

\* Perl v5.8 or newer

\* Bash v3 or newer

\* Core Perl modules like Time::HiRes

Tools that connect to MySQL require:

\* Perl modules DBI and DBD::mysql

\* MySQL 5.0 or newer

Percona Toolkit is only tested on UNIX systems, primarily Debian and
Red Hat derivatives; other operating systems are not supported.

Tools that connect to MySQL may work with MySQL v4.1, but this is not
test or supported.