# System Requirements and Installation

This section describes the Deployment Template requirements and the installation procedure.

- Oracle Endeca software compatibility
  To determine the compatibility of the Deployment Template with other Oracle Endeca installation packages, see the Oracle Endeca Guided Search Compatibility Matrix available on the Oracle Technology Network.
- Java requirements
  The EAC Development Toolkit requires Sun's Java 5 JRE or newer. By default, the Deployment Template will use the Java 6 JRE included in the Platform Services installation.
- Perl requirements
  The Deployment Template requires Perl 5.8.3, which is included in the Platform Services installation.
- Platform requirements
  The Deployment Template supports all system architectures and operating systems that are supported by Oracle Endeca Guided Search.
- Installation
  The Deployment Template is distributed as a zip file named deploymentTemplate-[VERSION].zip.
- Migrating from a previous version
  This topic provides high-level instructions on how to migrate your deployment application to the current version of the Deployment Template.