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1 (This file was created from
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2 https://prosody.im/doc/installing_from_source on 2013-03-31)
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4 # Installing from source
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6 ## Dependencies
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8 There are a couple of development packages which Prosody needs installed
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9 before you can build it. These are:
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11 - The [Lua](http://lua.org/) library, version 5.4 recommended
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12 - [OpenSSL](http://openssl.org/)
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14 - [ICU](https://icu.unicode.org/) (recommended)
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15 - [GNU libidn](http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/)
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17 These can be installed on Debian/Ubuntu by running
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18 `apt build-dep prosody` or by installing the packages
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19 `liblua5.4-dev`, `libicu-dev` and `libssl-dev`.
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21 On Mandriva try:
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23 urpmi lua liblua-devel libidn-devel libopenssl-devel
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25 On Mac OS X, if you have MacPorts installed, you can try:
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27 sudo port install lua lua-luasocket lua-luasec lua-luaexpat
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29 On other systems... good luck, but please let us know of the best way of
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30 getting the dependencies for your system and we can add it here.
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32 ## configure
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34 The first step of building is to run the configure script. This creates
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35 a file called 'config.unix' which is used by the next step to control
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38 ./configure
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40 All options to configure can be seen by running
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42 ./configure --help
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44 ## make
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50 Simple? :-)
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52 If you do happen to have problems at this stage, it is most likely due
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53 to the build process not finding the dependencies. Ensure you have them
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54 installed, and in the standard library paths for your system.
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56 For more help, just ask ;-)
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58 ==== install ====
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60 At this stage you should be able to run Prosody simply with:
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62 ./prosody
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64 There is no problem with this, it is actually the easiest way to do
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65 development, as it doesn't spread parts around your system, and you
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66 can keep multiple versions around in their own directories without
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69 Should you wish to install it system-wide however, simply run:
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71 sudo make install
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73 ...it will install into /usr/local/ by default. To change this you can
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74 pass to the initial ./configure using the 'prefix' option, or edit
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75 config.unix directly. If the new path doesn't require root permission to
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76 write to, you also won't need (or want) to use 'sudo' in front of the
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77 'make install'.
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79 Have fun, and see you on Jabber!