libstrophe is a lightweight XMPP client library written in C. It has minimal dependencies and is configurable for various environments. It runs well on both Linux, Unix, and Windows based platforms.
Its goals are:
- usable quickly
- well documented
- reliable
If you are building from a source control checkout, run:
./bootstrap.sh
to generate the configure script.
From the top-level directory, run the following commands:
./configure
make
This will create a static library, also in the top-level
directory, which can be linked into other programs. The
public API is defined in strophe.h which is also in the
top-level directory.
The examples directory contains some examples of how to
use the library; these may be helpful in addition to the
API documentation
To install on your system, as root (or using sudo):
make install
Note, the default install path is /usr/local/, to specify
another path use the --prefix option during configure, e.g.:
./configure --prefix=/usr
libstrophe requires:
- expat or libxml2 - expat is the default; use --with-libxml2 to switch
- libresolv on UNIX systems - make sure you include -lresolv if you are compiling by hand.
- libtool
In addition, if you wish to run the unit tests, you will need the check package.
You can install libstrophe with:
brew install libstrophe
API documentation is inline with the code and conforms to Doxygen standards. You can generate an HTML version of the API documentation by running:
doxygen
Then open docs/html/index.html.