  jserver README
  Jabber Documentation Team
  November 20, 1999
  ____________________________________________________________

  Table of Contents


  1. Introduction

     1.1 General
     1.2 What jserver is

  2. Getting it Installed

     2.1 Dependencies
     2.2 Compilation and Installation
     2.3 Problems/Bugs

  3. Jabber Information

     3.1 General Information
     3.2 Developer Information
  ______________________________________________________________________

  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 find out more about jserver at http://server.jabber.org/

  1.2.  What jserver is

  The heart of this beast should compile into a dso that etherx can
  load.  For situations where etherx dso is not wanted, the main.c
  wrapper will compile into an executable (jserver) that connects to etherx via
  socket.


  2.  Getting it Installed


  2.1.  Dependencies

  A part from your standard UNIX fare, this package is dependent on the
  following:

  o  jlib and Etherx. jlib and Etherx are available at
     http://download.jabber.org.

  2.2.  Compilation and Installation

  To install you will need to do the following in the jserver root
  directory:

  ______________________________________________________________________
  ./configure
  make
  (become root)
  make install
  ______________________________________________________________________

  2.3.  Problems/Bugs
 
  Submit bug reports to bugs@jabber.org, be sure to include all relevant
  information: version, platform, compilation/debug errors, etc.
 
  For additional real-time support, many 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/.

  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.
