- Requirements
To compile ejabberd you need:
- GNU Make
- GCC
- Libexpat 1.95 or higher
- Libyaml 0.1.4 or higher
- Erlang/OTP R15B or higher.
- OpenSSL 0.9.8 or higher, for STARTTLS, SASL and SSL encryption.
- Zlib 1.2.3 or higher, for Stream Compression support (XEP-0138). Optional.
- PAM library. Optional. For Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM).
- GNU Iconv 1.8 or higher, for the IRC Transport (mod_irc). Optional. Not needed on systems with GNU Libc.
- ImageMagick's Convert program. Optional. For CAPTCHA challenges.
- Compile and install on *nix systems
To compile ejabberd execute the commands:
./configure
make
To install ejabberd, run this command with system administrator rights (root user):
sudo make install
These commands will:
- Install the configuration files in
/etc/ejabberd/ - Install ejabberd binary, header and runtime files in
/lib/ejabberd/ - Install the administration script:
/sbin/ejabberdctl - Install ejabberd documentation in
/share/doc/ejabberd/ - Create a spool directory:
/var/lib/ejabberd/ - Create a directory for log files:
/var/log/ejabberd/
- Start ejabberd
You can use the ejabberdctl command line administration script to
start and stop ejabberd. For example:
ejabberdctl start
For detailed information please refer to the ejabberd Installation and Operation Guide.