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| author | Badlop <badlop@process-one.net> | 2008-02-20 19:07:19 +0000 |
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| committer | Badlop <badlop@process-one.net> | 2008-02-20 19:07:19 +0000 |
| commit | 4af47f5f78bd52ee363ea4db6544464f6a635441 (patch) | |
| tree | 004a9ad5c47eac45aaddc1a82fd86130607c217e | |
| parent | * doc/release_notes_2.0.0.txt: Updated version number and date (diff) | |
* README: Updated to match the content of the ejabberd Guide
SVN Revision: 1206
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| -rw-r--r-- | README | 55 |
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@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ 2008-02-20 Badlop <badlop@process-one.net> + * README: Updated to match the content of the ejabberd Guide + * doc/release_notes_2.0.0.txt: Updated version number and date * src/ejabberd.hrl: Updated version number @@ -2,37 +2,48 @@ ejabberd - High-Performance Enterprise Instant Messaging Server Quickstart guide -0. Dependancies -To build ejabberd, you need: +0. Requirements + +To compile ejabberd you need: - GNU Make - GCC - libexpat 1.95 or higher - - Erlang/OTP R9C-2 or higher - - OpenSSL 0.9.6 or higher (optional) - - Zlib 1.2.3 or higher (optional) - - GNU Iconv 1.8 or higher (optional, not needed on systems with GNU libc) + - Erlang/OTP R10B-9 up to R11B-5. Erlang R12 releases are not yet + officially supported, and are not recommended for production + servers + - OpenSSL 0.9.6 or higher, for STARTTLS, SASL and SSL + encryption. Optional, highly recommended. + - Zlib 1.2.3 or higher, for Stream Compression support + (XEP-0138). Optional. + - GNU Iconv 1.8 or higher, for the IRC Transport + (mod_irc). Optional. Not needed on systems with GNU Libc. + + +1. Compile and install on *nix systems -1. Build and install on *nix systems +To compile ejabberd, go to the directory src/ and execute the commands: + ./configure + make -To build ejabberd, please go into the src directory and type the -following commands: - ./configure && make - sudo make install +To install ejabberd, run this command with system administrator rights +(root user): + + sudo make install These commands will: - - install a startup script into the directory /usr/sbin, - - install ejabberd into the directory /var/lib/ejabberd, - - install the configuration file into /etc/ejabberd, - - create a directory called /var/log/ejabberd to store log files. + - Install a startup script: /sbin/ejabberdctl + - Install ejabberd in /var/lib/ejabberd/ + - Install the configuration files in /etc/ejabberd/ + - Create a directory for log files: /var/log/ejabberd/ + -Note: "sudo make install" means that the "make install" command should - be run with system administrator rights (root). +2. Start ejabberd -2. Run +You can use the ejabberdctl command line administration script to +start and stop ejabberd. For example: + ejabberdctl start -To run ejabberd, type the following command: - erl -pa /var/lib/ejabberd/ebin -sname ejabberd -s ejabberd -For detailled informations, please refer to: -http://www.process-one.net/en/projects/ejabberd/docs/guide_en.html +For detailed information please refer to the +ejabberd Installation and Operation Guide |