Installation of system extension lowlevel
The extension typo3/cms-lowlevel is part of the TYPO3 Core, but not installed by default.
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Installation with Composer
Check whether you are already using the extension with:
composer show | grep lowlevel
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This should either give you no result or something similar to:
typo3/cms-lowlevel v12.4.11
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If it is not installed yet, use the composer require
command to install
the extension:
composer require typo3/cms-lowlevel
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The given version depends on the version of the TYPO3 Core you are using.
Installation in classic mode
In a classic-mode installation (without Composer), the extension is already shipped but might not be activated yet. Activate it as follows:
- In the backend, navigate to the Admin Tools > Extensions module.
- Click the Activate icon for the Lowlevel extension.

Extension manager showing Lowlevel extension