JSXC is a JavaScript-based chat client for XMPP servers. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing JSXC on macOS.
Before we begin, make sure the following prerequisites are met:
Open the Terminal app on macOS and navigate to the directory where you want to install JSXC. In this example, we will use the home directory.
cd ~
Then, clone the JSXC repository from GitHub using git:
git clone https://github.com/jsxc/jsxc.git
Navigate to the JSXC directory and install the project dependencies using npm:
cd jsxc
npm install
Build JSXC using the following command:
npm run build
This command will create a build directory in the JSXC directory, which contains the compiled JSXC code.
Copy the config.js file from the config-template directory to the build directory:
cp config-template/config.js build/
Open the config.js file in a text editor and update the XMPP server configuration. Replace the following values with the details of your XMPP server:
xmpp: {
url: '//' + window.location.hostname + ':5281/xmpp-websocket',
...
},
Replace window.location.hostname with your XMPP server hostname and 5281 with your XMPP server port.
Serve JSXC using a local web server. We recommend using the http-server npm package:
npm install -g http-server
http-server build/
Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8080/. JSXC should load, and you should be prompted to log in to your XMPP server. You can login using your XMPP account credentials.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed JSXC on macOS.
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