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XMPP4R

Project Home

You can find info about the xmpp4r project and how to contribute at the project home page:

home.gna.org/xmpp4r/

If you need to ask questions, or want feedback on proposed changes please feel free to ask them on the ‘xmpp4r-devel@gna.org’ mailing list. You can join or view archives of the mailing list at:

gna.org/mail/?group=xmpp4r

If you are having a problem and would like to report it to the mailing list please include a protocol dump which can be enabled in your code with:

  Jabber::debug = true

Contributors

  Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net>
  Stephan Maka <stephan@spaceboyz.net>
  Kirill A. Shutemov <k.shutemov@gmail.com>
  Yuki Mitsui
  Peter Schrammel
  Olli
  Vojtech Vobr
  Andreas Wiese
  Chris Zelenak
  Matthew Wood
  Sam Ruby
  Glenn Rempe <glenn@rempe.us>
  Tim Carey-Smith
  Scott Lillibridge
  Joshua Sierles

Source Code

The source for xmpp4r is managed using the Git SCM and can be found in our GitHub.com project page:

github.com/ln/xmpp4r/tree/master

Installation

There are a number of ways that you can install xmpp4r depending on your needs and the methods you prefer.

Install over the network using RubyGems

You can install the current release of the xmpp4r library from a stable release gem on RubyForge using RubyGems:

  sudo gem install xmpp4r

Install over the network using a Debian package

You can install the current release of the xmpp4r library from a stable release copy on your .deb friendly linux system (e.g. Debian or Ubuntu) using apt:

  sudo apt-get install libxmpp4r-ruby

Install from local source code (Developers Only)

If you have a local Git clone of the source repository or a tarball you can install xmpp4r using several methods. First you‘ll need to get a local copy.

Clone the Git repository (recommended):

  git clone git://github.com/ln/xmpp4r.git

OR download a stable release tarball from:

  http://download.gna.org/xmpp4r/xmpp4r-0.3.2.tgz

OR download a snapshot of the latest source in .tar.gz format from:

  http://github.com/ln/xmpp4r/tarball/master

Install : Using Rake

  # Show all available rake tasks
  cd xmpp4r/
  rake -T

  # Package up the gem file and install it
  rake gem:install

Install : Using setup.rb

This will install a copy of the library in your Ruby path and does not require RubyGems to be installed.

  cd xmpp4r/
  ./setup.rb

License

XMPP4R is released under the Ruby license (see the LICENSE file), which is compatible with the GNU GPL (see the COPYING file) via an explicit dual-licensing clause.

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