Installing the Red5 Server on Mac OS X

Notes

The following instructions were written with a Mac OS X system in mind. If you are using a different system the instructions will vary slightly.

These instructions were written while the Red5 wiki was offline and the regular download location unavailable, so the screenshots will show the IP address rather than a DNS name.

Prerequisites

1. Java 6, to run Red5. If you are a Mac OS X user on the Intel platform, if you have a 64bit cpu and are running 10.5 (Leopard) or higher and are up to date, you should already have this.
   
2. Java 5, as your default JVM if you are going to be installing the Red5Plugin for Eclipse next.
   

Installation

1. Go over to the Red5 project page at google code: http://code.google.com/p/red5/
2. Ignore the "Latest Official Release" link, as it currently 404s.
3. Instead, under the "Installers" heading click on the link for "Tarball" and save the .tar.gz file.
   
4. Locate the red5-0.8.0.tar.gz file you just downloaded (probably on your Desktop or in your Downloads folder).


5. Double click on the file. Archive Utility should launch and uncompress the archive.
   


6. There should now be a red-0.8.0 folder in the same folder as the archive:
   
7. Move this folder to your /Applications directory
8. Congratulations! It really was that simple. If you plan on using the Red5 Plugin for Eclipse, its best not to try to launch the server just yet and instead move on to installation of the plugin.