  jlib README
  Jabber Documentation Team
  November 20, 1999
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  Table of Contents


  1. Introduction

     1.1 General
     1.2 What jlib 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
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  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."


  1.2.  What jlib is

  jlib contains library functions for the entire Jabber server. In
  essence, jlib is the backbone for Jabber. jlib must be installed
  properly before any of other packages (i.e. etherx, jserver).

  See http://lib.jabber.org/ for the latest versions or information
  about jlib.


  2.  Getting It Installed


  2.1.  Dependencies

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

  o  GNU Pth - GNU Portable Threads. Version 1.2.1 was tested with this
     package.  You can obtain GNU Pth from
     http://www.gnu.org/software/pth/

  o  GNU ADNS - Advanced, easy to use, asynchronous-capable DNS client library.
     Version 0.5 was tested with this package.  You can obtain GNU ADNS from
     http://www.gnu.org/software/adns/


  2.2.  Compilation and Installation

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

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  ./configure
  make
  (become root)
  make install
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  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.
