Watobo/Installation

Installation

Compatiblity

• Windows
• Linux (Backtrack4, Ubuntu, openSUSE)
• Mac OS

Warning

Watobo isn't compatible with Ruby 1.9 yet. Install version 1.8.7 instead.

Installation under Windows

• Ruby (Install in C:\ruby\):

http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/72085/rubyinstaller-1.8.7-p302.exe

• FXRuby (Install in C:\ruby\):

http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/53085/FXRuby-1.6.19-ruby186.exe

Note

A message will ask you to confirm the installation path since it already exists. Confirm that message.

• Watobo :

http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/watobo/watobo_0.9.5rev226.zip

Installation under Linux *ubuntu

The following has been tested on a Kubuntu 10.04 Linux distribution.

Pre-requisites

$ sudo apt-get install \
build-essential \
ruby-full \
rubygems \
libyaml-ruby \
libzlib-ruby \
libwebrick-ruby \
rake \
libfox-1.6-dev \
libfox-1.6-0 \
libopenssl-ruby1.8

Ruby dependencies

$ sudo gem install rubygems-update
$ sudo /var/lib/gems/1.8/bin/update_rubygems
$ sudo gem install hoe
$ sudo gem install fxruby

Installation of Watobo

$ cd /data/src/
$ wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/watobo/watobo_0.9.5rev226.zip
$ unzip watobo_0.9.5rev226.zip
$ cd watobo_0.9.5rev226/

Installation under Linux OpenSUSE 11.3

The following has been tested on a OpenSUSE 11.3 Linux distribution.

Pre-requisites

> sudo zypper refresh
> sudo zypper install -t pattern devel_C_C++
> sudo zypper in ruby rubygems ruby-devel rubygem-rake libfox1_6 fox16-devel

Ruby dependencies

> sudo gem install rubygems-update
> sudo gem update --system
> sudo gem install hoe
> sudo gem install fxruby

Note:

If you have an error while importing 'fox16' (fxruby), try the following

> sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libtiff.so.3 /usr/lib/libtiff.so.4

Then test:

> irb
irb(main):001:0> require 'rubygems'
=> true
irb(main):002:0> require 'fox16'
=> true
irb(main):003:0> exit

Installation of Watobo

$ cd /data/src/
$ wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/watobo/watobo_0.9.5rev226.zip
$ unzip watobo_0.9.5rev226.zip
$ cd watobo_0.9.5rev226/

Jssh for Firefox

To be able to use the Browser View, you will need Jssh for Firefox. To install it, proceed as follows.

For more information, please refer to http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/FireWatir+Installation

Windows

• Download and install Jssh for Firefox 3.6:

http://wiki.openqa.org/download/attachments/13893658/jssh-3.6-WINNT.xpi?version=1&modificationDate=1264489925906

Linux/Mac

• Download and install Jssh for Firefox 3.6:

http://wiki.openqa.org/download/attachments/14188672/jssh-3.6.x-Linux.xpi?version=1&modificationDate=1276376093662

First start

To start Watobo, type:

$ cd /path/to/watobo/
$ ruby start_watobo.rb

If everything is fine, you should see the welcome screen:

Modify proxy settings in Firefox to pass through port 8081/tcp on localhost. Then browse some pages and you should see entries in the chat console.

Comments

Sebastien.damaye 12:23, 1 November 2010 (CET) Andreas Schmidt has indicated that installation of Firewatir was not required to install Jssh. Article has been updated accordingly.

Sebastien.damaye 07:40, 2 November 2010 (CET) Article updated: OpenSUSE installation added