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If running on a unix or linux platform check that the appropriate permissions have been applied to the .sh scripts. If not, then update i.e. chmod 755 *.sh

Client Only Install

Download the qpid-client-<build#>.zip or qpid-client-<build#>.tar.gz package as appropriate for the platform you are installing on.

Once you have downloaded the package then unpack it into a directory i.e. c:/qpid-client

Once unpacked, the package will be installed in a directory with a release label (i.e. qpid-0.9) and then under the client directory should look something like this:

/lib

This dir contains all the jars needed by the client code and the client jars themselves.

/doc

Contains javadoc for the client code.

Environment Variables

Environment Variables

Qpid Locations

You should set the following variables:

QPID_HOME - specifies where your install of Qpid exists, used for broker lookups of files etc
QPID_WORK - defines location of all working files created by the broker including log and db (i.e. BDB if used)

1. First set the QPID_HOME variable to reflect the root of your installation. For example, if you have installed the broker package into a directory <homedir>/broker/qpid-xx then you should set the QPID_HOME variable to <homedir>/broker/qpid-xx.
2. You can also set the QPID_WORK variable in order to control the destination directory for the log dir into which broker logging is generated. For example, if you wish to set the working directory to be <homedir>/working you should set the QPID_WORK directory to be <homedir>/working. Note that the QPID_WORK variable defaults to the current user's home directory if not set.

Setting JAVA environment

You must make the JDK available available by setting the JAVA_HOME environment variable and adding the JAVA_HOME/bin directory to your PATH.

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Running the Qpid Broker on Linux/Unix

• First set the QPID_HOME variable to reflect the root of your installation. For example, if you have installed the broker package into a directory <homedir>/broker/qpid-xx then you should Make sure you have set the QPID_HOME variable to <homedir>/broker/qpid-xx.
• You can also set the QPID_WORK variable in order to control the destination directory for the log dir into which broker logging is generated. For example, if you wish to set the working directory to be <homedir>/working you should set the QPID_WORK directory to be <homedir>/working.
• Note that the QPID_WORK variable defaults to the current user's home directory if not set.as specified above, and QPID_WORK if you don't want the default
• One of the config files (persistent_config.xml or transient_config.xml) supplied in the etc directory one level below your root dir probably doesn't need modification and should be passed in using -c and the path to your config file
• Then run the qpid-server script from the root dir of your install. (The qpid-server script also supports cygwin environments.)

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