RealChat Server requires the Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in order to run. You can either choose to download and install the JRE
prior to installing RealChat, or have the RealChat installer download a private JRE on demand. If you
choose the latter, the JRE downloaded will be only available to RealChat, and not to other applications.
The on-demand JRE download works for Linux only; for other systems please install the JRE manually.
The JRE should be installed to a common location such as /usr/local/java/,
/home/username/java/ or in the same location as RealChat itself so it can be found by the launcher
script.
RealChat Server for UNIX/Linux platforms comes packaged as a single archive named realchat-unix.tar.gz.
Extract the archive to a directory of your choice:
tar -xzvf realchat-unix.tar.gz
A directory called RealChat is then created, which contains all of the program files. Navigate to that directory and
execute
the launcher script:
cd RealChat
./realchat start
The launcher script will try to locate your Java Interpreter, select suitable chat server ports, and start
RealChat Server. After the script completes, a message similar to the following will be displayed:
RealChat 5.0, Build: 582 (20070122)
Free Trial, 5 users license, ID: n/a
Point your browser to: http://192.168.0.10:10055/
At this stage RealChat is installed and running on your server.
Further customization and administration of RealChat Server is done via the built-in web-based Control Center, which
is accessible at the URL which is given in the final status message of the launcher script. The Control Center
functionality is described in the next
chapter.
If the service fails to start please refer to the out.log file, located in the RealChat directory for
diagnostic information.
To stop RealChat Server, use the command: ./realchat stop