Frequently Asked Questions

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Can Bika LIMS be installed in Windows?

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Can Bika LIMS be installed in Windows?

Yes. Although we recommend installing Bika LIMS in a GNU/Linux machine, Bika LIMS can be installed in Windows too. Since Bika LIMS is a web-based application, this question only refers to the web-server; once installed, only a modern web navigator is needed in workstations.

Plone recently stopped building the Unified Installer for Windows in favour of a VirtualBox/Vagrant setup. Unless someone is really interested in integrating Bika into the Windows ways of doing things (i.e. server roles, IIS config, whatever), Bika LIMS can be installed in a single well-maintained Virtual Machine.

Getting help on users/developer lists for Windows-specific questions could be harder because most of the developers behind the scenes use GNU/Linux instead of Windows.

Bika Windows users are participating bika-win@googlegroups.com. Post to bika-win@googlegroups.com.

Please also Google using the error messages you get, many have been dealt with before.

Please do not post to any of our team directly, or the Bika User list, with Windows questions.

Save yourself a lot of pain by using industry standard, robust and secure Linux.