  libetherx README
  Jabber Documentation Team
  March 27, 2000
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  Table of Contents


  1. Introduction

     1.1 General
     1.2 What This Package Is

  2. Getting Things Installed

     2.1 Dependencies
     2.2 Compilation and Installation
     2.3 Problems/Bugs

  3. Jabber Information

     3.1 General Information
     3.2 Developer Information
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  1.  Introduction

  1.1.  General

  This document gives pointers for information on this package as well
  as links to learn more about the Jabber project and about
  participating in the project.

  Copyright information can be found in each package directory in the
  files "COPYRIGHT" and "COPYING."

  You can learn more about Etherx at http://etherx.jabber.org/.

  1.2.  What This Package Is

  Originally, the etherx daemon routed XML streams among agents.
  Now the etherx daemon has morphed into a library that allows any agent
  to become the daemon if the daemon is not found.


  2.  Getting it Installed

  2.1.  Dependencies

  Apart from the standard UNIX fare, this package is dependent on the
  following:

  o  GNU pth. GNU's pth is available at http://www.gnu.org/software/pth/.

  o  GNU ADNS. GNU's ADNS is available at http://www.gnu.org/software/adns/.
     While ADNS is not required, it is highly recommended: especially for 
     high performance systems.

  o  libxode. You can get this from Jabber's CVS server under the module
     libxode.  libxode is also bundled with the complete Jabber server in a
     convenient tarball at http://download.jabber.org.

  o  libjabber. You can get this from Jabber's CVS server under the module
     libjabber.  libjabber is also bundled with the complete Jabber server in a
     convenient tarball at http://download.jabber.org.

  2.2.  Compilation and Installation

  To install as super user do the following in the libetherx root directory:

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  ./configure
  make
  (become root)
  make install
  ldconfig
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  Complete information about configuration can be found in the Jabber Server
  mini-HOWTO at http://docs.jabber.org/.

  2.3.  Problems/Bugs
 
  Submit bug reports at http://bugs.jabber.org.
 
  For additional real-time support, many members of the development team
  frequent irc.openprojects.net in #jabber.
 

  3.  Jabber Information

  3.1.  General Information

  For general information about Jabber, including a quick introduction
  to Jabber concepts, see the FAQ at http://docs.jabber.org/.

  3.2.  Developer Information

  There are many areas of Jabber that developers can contribute to.
  Jabber encompasses many fields of expertise and anyone that is willing
  to help can contribute.

  You may want to delve into the internals of the Jabber project at
  http://docs.jabber.org/ and http://protocol.jabber.org/.

  Or maybe you would like to go ahead become a developer on the project.
  Just go on over to http://dev.jabber.org/ and register.  You may also
  sign up for the main Jabber mailing list (JDEV) from this point.
