Unable to find ejabberd/src folder - Ubuntu

Question

I am a newbie in Ubuntu and I am installing Ejabberd in Ubuntu. As of now everything seems ok and I am able to make it up and running. Now I need to install the patch from the link

http://www.ejabberd.im/aclpopulatesr

I was able to get the patch from the link http://www.ejabberd.im/files/contributions/mod_shared_roster.erl.diff

But when I try to copy to Ejabberd folder, I am not able to find the src folder. I believe I am missing it or it is somewhere hidden. Could anyone help me in installing this patch in Ubuntu. That will be very helpful. Thanks for your time

Answer 1

The package does not contain sources. You need to download them separately if you want to compile your own version.

apt-get source ejabberd
apt-get install build-essential # make, compiler, system libraries, deb toolchain
apt-get build-dep ejabberd # any packages required to build this particular package

Now patch, build, install.

This is obviously just a quick whirlwind intro. You probably want to google a few examples to get a fuller picture. There are several for ejabberd alone.

In particular, you need to understand how to give your local package a version number which is higher than the current official package, but lower than any future official upgrade.

Alternatively, find someone who has already done this and published the resulting package in a PPA. (Obviously, trust them to not trojanize the binary, or don't install it.)