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Get the Sources

Basically, there are three ways to get the source code of Jitsi. You can:

  1. Download the Zip containing the nightly snapshot of the source tree from our site here: https://download.jitsi.org/jitsi/nightly/src/
  2. Download the Zip containing a snapshot of the sources from GitHub here: https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi (search for the “Download ZIP” button)
  3. Use Git to checkout the sources directly from the repository: git clone https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi.git

Downloading the Zip Package

Download the source and then unzip it on your computer.

Install needed applications

In order to build and run the Jitsi, all you need is a recent JDK and ANT.

  • JDK
    • Download the latest version on java.sun.com website
    • Unzip the package
    • Add <jdk_package_path>/bin to your PATH
  • ANT
    • Download the latest version from http://ant.apache.org
    • Unzip the package
    • Add <ant_package_path>/bin to your PATH

Build and start

To see a list of the most useful ant commands for the project, you can simply execute: 

 ant

To see a list of all the external ant targets in the project, you should execute: 

 ant -projecthelp

To safely build the project from the latest source and create all Oscar bundles, you need to execute: 

 ant rebuild

To run the application against your latest successful build, simply enter: 

 ant run

.. but be careful, because this might not reflect the latest source changes. If you want to pick up your latest changes first, then enter: 

 ant make run

.. or if you are worried about subtle dependency issues, use this “paranoid” command: 

 ant rebuild run

Prepare and execute the tests

The project maintains a large number of unit tests. If you’d like to use them in order to make sure that everything is working as expected, follow these steps:

  • For tests that deal with ICQ, you need to do the following:
    • Create two ICQ accounts on icq.com/register
    • In the lib directory, copy the accounts.properties.template file to a new file called accounts.properties.
    • Configure the new file with the following parameters : 
 accounts.icq.TESTED_IMPL_ACCOUNT_ID = <first_account_uin>
 accounts.icq.TESTED_IMPL_PWD = <first_account_password>

 accounts.icq.TESTING_IMPL_ACCOUNT_ID = <second_account_uin>
 accounts.icq.TESTING_IMPL_PWD = <second_account_password>

 accounts.icq.CONTACT_LIST = group1.321947947 group2.269274750
  group3.294057493 group3.219630674

(The contact list above is an example, you could use other groups and users)

  • Execute the following command : 
 ant rebuild

Author: Veronique Dupont
Update: Brian Burch