FreeBSD

Prerequisites

Valid for:

• FreeBSD 10.2-RELEASE

Please use a fresh system without traces of node or npm. Most of my initial problems came from old and/or special versions of node/npm/meteor

Packages

You need to install the following packages:

$ sudo pkg install git scons python gcc48 gmake npm bash

Building the dev_bundle

Setting up the environment

Switch to bash - as some tools will require bash.

$ bash

Set some environment Variables to make the build work under FreeBSD:

$ export MAKE_CMD=gmake
$ export CXX=clang++
$ export CC=clang

MAKE_CMD=gmake is important, because meteor requires GNU make to build. The fork we will be building lets us set MAKE_CMD so we don't have to do nasty stuff to our BSD make.

Installing pm2

We need pm2 later to deamonize or Rocket.Chat build.

Now, install pm2:

$ sudo npm install pm2 -g
$ sudo pm2 startup freebsd

Build meteor

We need a fork of meteor which allows us to set MAKE_CMD as mentioned before:

$ git clone -b freebsd https://github.com/williambr/meteor
$ cd meteor

Meteor comes with scripts to build it:

$ ./scripts/build-mongo-for-dev-bundle.sh
$ ./scripts/build-node-for-dev-bundle.sh
$ ./scripts/generate-dev-bundle.sh

Troubleshooting

That should run without problems. If you run into issues check the following:

• is the Environment setup right?
• Are the scripts running in bash?
• do I have gmake installed?

Running Rocket.Chat

First, we need the meteor binary in our $PATH

$ export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/meteor

Next, we need to download Rocket.chat:

$ git clone https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.git
$ cd Rocket.Chat

We need to install bcrypt seperatly.

$ npm install --clang=1 bcrypt

After that: Go ahead and and start rocket.chat!

$ meteor

Troubleshooting

If you run into any troubles with bcrypt, try this: cp -R ~/meteor/packages/non-core/npm-bcrypt ~/Rocket.Chat/packages/*

If you run into problems with fibers check your node and npm version. Then try to build it again.

Thanks

• Filias Heidt
• Matt Olander
• William Grzybowski
• Cory Smelosky
• Sing Li