SocketStream runs on all UNIX based platforms, including OS X and Linux.
# get XCode, required for compiling software
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/xcode/id422352214?mt=12
# get Redis
wget http://redis.googlecode.com/files/redis-2.2.10.tar.gz # visit http://redis.io for the latest stable version
tar -xvzf redis-2.2.10.tar.gz
cd redis-2.2.4
make
make test # this is optional, but they recommend it
sudo make install
env redis-server > /tmp/redis.log 2>&1 & # make redis run in the background
# get Node.js
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/joyent/node.git
cd node
git checkout origin/v0.4
export JOBS=2 # optional, sets number of parallel commands.
mkdir ~/local
./configure --prefix=$HOME/local/node
make # this will take a couple of minutes
make install
echo 'export PATH=$HOME/local/node/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.profile
source ~/.profile
# get npm
curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh
# get SocketStream
sudo npm install socketstream -g
# create a Socketstream app as a test
socketstream new test
cd test
socketstream start
Here is an example that shows how to install SocketStream and it's dependencies on Ubuntu Server, including building Redis and Node.js from source:
# get prerequisites
sudo apt-get install build-essential automake git-core curl libssl-dev -y
# install and run redis
cd ~
wget http://redis.googlecode.com/files/redis-2.2.4.tar.gz
tar -xvzf redis-2.2.4.tar.gz
cd redis-2.2.4
make
sudo make install
env redis-server > /tmp/redis.log 2>&1 &
# install node.js
cd ~
git clone https://github.com/joyent/node.git
cd node
export JOBS=2
mkdir -p ~/local/node
./configure --prefix=$HOME/local/node
make
make install
export PATH=$HOME/local/node/bin:$PATH
# install npm
curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sudo sh
# get SocketStream
sudo npm install socketstream -g
# create a new socketstream project called 'test'
cd ~
socketstream new test
# run test app
cd test
socketstream start