Chapter 2. Installation

When you extract the contents of the .zip file, a directory named amq-clients-2.8.0-javascript is created. This is the top-level directory of the installation and is referred to as <install-dir> throughout this document.

To configure your environment to use the installed library, add the node_modules directory to the NODE_PATH environment variable.

$ cd amq-clients-2.8.0-javascript
$ export NODE_PATH=$PWD/node_modules:$NODE_PATH

To make this configuration take effect for all new console sessions, set NODE_PATH in your $HOME/.bashrc file.

To test your installation, use the following command. It prints OK to the console if it successfully imports the installed library.

$ node -e 'require("rhea")' && echo OK
OK

When you extract the contents of the .zip file, a directory named amq-clients-2.8.0-javascript is created. This is the top-level directory of the installation and is referred to as <install-dir> throughout this document.

To configure your environment to use the installed library, add the node_modules directory to the NODE_PATH environment variable.

$ cd amq-clients-2.8.0-javascript
$ set NODE_PATH=%cd%\node_modules;%NODE_PATH%

AMQ JavaScript can run inside a web browser. To create a browser-compatible version of the library, use the npm run browserify command.

$ cd amq-clients-2.8.0-javascript/node_modules/rhea
$ npm install
$ npm run browserify

This produces a file named rhea.js that can be used in browser-based applications.