Handover test user

The testuser fasstest on the blade computers

• runs an ActiveMQ test instance
• provides JAVA, C++ (and Python) libraries for
  • message transport access
  • message content access
• hosts development workspaces (e.g. for test programs).

Directory structure

static

In ~fasstest/static are all (q&d local) libraries/installations that do not change. It contains

• activeMq-5.4.1: An activeMq installation
• activeMqCpp: ActiveMQ's C++ client libraries
  • inside this directory activemq-cpp, apr and apr-util (Apache Portable Runtime) are installed into the folder 'install'
  • the helper scripts deinstallActiveMqCpp and installActiveMqCpp (de-)install all three into 'install'
• javaee6sdk: in javaee6sdk/glassfish/lib/javaee.jar includes all JAVAEE libraries, especially JMS to be used for JMS functionality
• jsonCpp: a JSON implementation for C++ (link). To install go into the directory and do the following:
  • 'tar xzf jsoncpp-src-0.5.0.tar.gz'
  • 'cd jsoncpp-src-0.5.0'
  • 'scons platform=linux-gcc'
  • the headers are located in 'include'
  • the libraries are located in 'libs/linux-gcc-4.1.2'
• jsonJava: a single .jar is inside that needs to be included in the classpath (link)
• jsonPython: JSON support is included from Python 2.6 on. SimpleJson is a compatible library that can be used already in Python 2.5.*.
  • To use it, include '~fasstest/static/jsonPython/simplejson-2.1.3/install/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/' in the PYTHONPATH environment variable and use 'import simplejson as json' in your script's imports
  • The installation from within this directory was like the following:
    • 'tar xzf simplejson-2.1.3.tar.gz'
    • 'cd simplejson-2.1.3'
    • 'mkdir -p install/lib64/python2.5/site-packages'
    • 'export PYTHONPATH=`pwd`/install/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/:$PYTHONPATH'
    • 'python setup.py install --prefix=`pwd`/install'
• protobuf: protocol buffer libraries for JAVA, C++ and Python. The installation was like the following:
  • Inside the directory:
  • 'tar xzf protobuf-2.4.0a.tar.gz'
  • 'cd protobuf-2.4.0a'
  • for C++:
    • './configure --prefix=`pwd`/install'
    • 'make'
    • 'make check'
    • 'make install'
    • now in install there are includes and libraries and the compiler
  • for JAVA:
    • first build for C++
    • 'cd java'
    • '../install/bin/protoc --java_out=src/main/java -I../src ../src/google/protobuf/descriptor.proto'
    • 'javac src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/*.java'
    • 'jar cf prbf.jar -C src/main/java com'
  • for Python:
    • add the 'python' subdirectory to your PYTHONPATH and e.g. 'import google.protobuf.message'
• stompPython: a STOMP protocol implementation that can be used to access an ActiveMQ broker to exchange messages with JAVA and C++ applications.
  • The installation was like
    • 'unzip benjaminws-python-stomp-21b121f627e4.zip'
    • 'cd benjaminws-python-stomp-21b121f627e4'
    • 'mkdir -p install/lib/python2.5/site-packages'
    • 'export PYTHONPATH=`pwd`/install/lib/python2.5/site-packages/:$PYTHONPATH'
    • 'python setup.py install --prefix=`pwd`/install'
  • Now you can use it by adding '~fasstest/static/stompPython/benjaminws-python-stomp-21b121f627e4/install/lib/python2.5/site-packages/' to your PYTHONPATH

unsorted

The directory contains unsorted stuff.

workspaces

The directory contains

• eclipseWorkspaces
  • csmsg: example programs for message transport and message content
• netbeansProjectGroups (aka 'netbeans workspaces')

Processes

The user run an ActiveMQ test instance on asl720.

Applications

Netbeans

In the user's home an installation of netbeans-6.9.1 (the 'all' distribution from here) is located in the 'bin' directory. It can be called from the commandline with 'netbeans'. It is nice for C++ programming.

protoc

This is the protocol buffers compiler. There is a symlink in the 'bin' directory to the installation in the static directory.