Howtos:General
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Setting up Java for Linux (RedHat/Centos/etc) as root
- Get the RPM package JDK 5.0 Update ‘xx’ (Java SE Development Kit (JDK)) from http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads
- Install it with the command:
rpm -i jdk-1_5_0_09-linux-i586.rpm - Add it to the environment by running the following shellscript (setup_jdk.sh):
#!/bin/sh # echo "Symlinking java" ( cd /usr/java ; ln -s jdk1.5.0_09 jdk ) echo "Making patches to profile" cat > /etc/profile.d/java.sh <<EOF PATH=/usr/java/jdk/bin:\$PATH JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk export JAVA_HOME PATH EOF cat > /etc/profile.d/java.csh <<EOF set path = ( /usr/java/jdk/bin \$path ) setenv JAVA_HOME /usr/java/jdk EOF
- Exit and re-enter the shell to make the changes effective
- Test whether java is accessible by entering the command:
java -version
Getting the Sources
SVN Client
First you need an appropriate SVN-Client
- TortoiseSVN from http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/ to easily download in Windows
- SVNX for Mac
- On Mac and on Linux the Command-Line should work aswell.
Connection Data
Now you need to setup a connection which can be retreived here.
Compiling Red5 server
Please check that you have set the right JAVA-Version in the build.properties file, have a look a the following lines to change:
# Change this var to build to a different Java version java.target_version=1.5
or for 1.6.:
# Change this var to build to a different Java version java.target_version=1.6
After that you need to change to the right directory (if not already happened). Most Terminals support drag n' drop, so type cd and drag the folder with the red5 sources into.
cd path/to/red5
Compiling to a stand-alone server
- Get and install JDK 5.0 Update ‘xx’ (Java SE Development Kit (JDK)) from http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads
- Get and install Apache Ant from http://ant.apache.org (Ant is a Java-based build tool)
Make sure there are no Red5 services running (e.g. NT/XP service) and compile with ant:
$ ant server
Compiling to a WAR file
With a WAR file you can easily deploy red5 in a Java server like Apache Tomcat.
$ svn checkout http://svn1.cvsdude.com/osflash/red5/java/server/trunk $ cd trunk $ ant $ ant webwar
Note that 2 times `ant` is used. This is because `ant webwar` doesn't download all required dependencies (from googlecode) for a build.
After a succesful compilation you can find 'red5.war' in directory 'dist'.
(Compiling could take a while.)
I've tested it on: - Centos 4.4 / 5 - Java 6 (required) - Tomcat 5.5.20 / 6.0.13
Installing Red5 on SUSE Linux 10.0
Running the Server
With ant server the server is started automatically, which is useful when changing some source code (red5/ or own project). Otherwise you can use the shell script red5.sh which is inside the red5-dir. Just change to the red5 dir and type ./red5.sh, on Mac there's a simple App which only needs to be double-clicked.
