This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Jackal, a Jabber server, on NetBSD.
Before installing Jackal on NetBSD, ensure that you have the following:
To run Jackal, you need to install the following dependencies:
You can install the dependencies using the package manager in NetBSD by running the following command:
pkg_add erlang erlang-p1-pgsql git
Once you have installed the dependencies, you can proceed to clone the Jackal repository from GitHub. Change to the directory where you want to install Jackal, then run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/ortuman/jackal.git
After cloning the repository, change to the Jackal directory:
cd jackal
Copy the example configuration file:
cp etc/jackal.cfg.example etc/jackal.cfg
Edit the configuration file to match your environment. For example, you might want to set the Jabber domain name, the database configuration, and the SSL key and certificate paths:
vi etc/jackal.cfg
Save and close the configuration file.
Now you can build and install Jackal:
make && make install
This will compile Jackal and install it to the /usr/local
directory.
You can now start Jackal using the jackalctl
utility:
/usr/local/bin/jackalctl start
To stop Jackal, run jackalctl stop
.
That's it! You have successfully installed Jackal on NetBSD. You should now be able to connect to the Jabber server using a Jabber client. Enjoy!
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