INSTALL

Installation Instructions

Zero MQ

Follow these instructions.
http://www.zeromq.org/intro:get-the-software
But if you want to use the Multicast capabilities then
make sure you add the switch --with-pgm to the configure command
e.g.
./configure --with-pgm


Mongrel2

Follow these instructions
http://mongrel2.org/doc/tip/docs/manual/book.wiki#x1-140002.2.1

MongoDB

Follow these instructions
http://www.mongodb.org/downloads
Use the package for your distro if possible

Gems

ffi-rzmq      - ffi bindings for the zmq c libs
bert          - binary encoder, used to serialize messages
uuid          - unique references
blockenspiel  - easy DSL creation
usher         - standard path recognition for zmp subscriber topics and http calls from mongrel2
erubis        - faster erb template handling
tilt          - general rendering framework to handle numerous template engines
json          - serialize messages for javascript clients and also inter-app messaging.
jmongo        - wrapper for java mongo driver, mostly compatible with the ruby driver

Note: the :symbolize_names=>true option is used in the JSON.parse method - using
another JSON lib will be difficult unless you opt for BERT encoding (or similar) for
inter-app message serialisation.  I chose JSON for debug readability.


To try out the example apps I suggest you copy them out and symlink to the lapaz lib dir.
e.g.
lapaz
  lib
lapaz-a
  symlink-to-lapaz/lib
lapaz-b
  symlink-to-lapaz/lib
I am working at splitting the configs to make lapaz gem-able.