ejabberd - Comments for "Build ejabberd from scratch" https://www.ejabberd.im/node/2700 en If this is on the linux https://www.ejabberd.im/node/2700#comment-51478 <p>If this is on the linux machine do yum install unixODBC, unixODBC-devel the try to compile with ./configure --enabled-odbc</p> <p>Then it should work</p> Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:46:05 +0000 Anonymous comment 51478 at https://www.ejabberd.im dirkniblick wrote: it seems https://www.ejabberd.im/node/2700#comment-51281 <div class="quote-msg"> <div class="quote-author"><em>dirkniblick</em> wrote:</div> <p>it seems I cannot use the binary version of ejabberd if I want to use mod_logdb as it requires patching to the ejabberd source code.</p></div> <p>Right: mod_logdb requires patching some files in ejabberd, and recompile them. </p> <p>Note that you can patch source code and recompile in your home computer, while you taste a cup of tea. Later copy only the modified *.beam files to your server machine. As long as you use the same ejabberd version and a similar Erlang version in both the server and home computer, the beam files will work.</p> <div class="quote-msg"> <div class="quote-author"><em>dirkniblick</em> wrote:</div> <p>Because of this, I've restarted with compiling erlang<br /> ...<br /> I think the hardest part about getting ejabberd going is getting erlang built. </p></div> <p>If your distribution provides an Erlang/OTP package, you will save a lot of time compiling it :)</p> <div class="quote-msg"> <div class="quote-author"><em>dirkniblick</em> wrote:</div> <p>and can't seem to get erlang to configure without...</p> <p>*********************************************************************<br /> ********************** APPLICATIONS DISABLED **********************<br /> *********************************************************************</p> <p>jinterface : No Java compiler found<br /> <strong>odbc : No odbc library found</strong></p> <p>*********************************************************************</p></div> <p>Did you try this when preparing the Erlang compilation?</p> <pre>./configure --enable-odbc</pre> Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:19:52 +0000 mfoss comment 51281 at https://www.ejabberd.im