Last Updated on 2 weeks by Sachin G

IP Messenger (Iptux) is a lightweight, serverless LAN messaging application that facilitates instant communication and rapid file transfers within a local network environment. Operating over TCP/IP (UDP), it eliminates the need for a centralized server, making it ideal for internal organizational communication. These steps provides instructions for installing Iptux on various Linux distributions, including CentOS, RHEL, Fedora, and Ubuntu. It covers the necessary dependencies, compilation from source, and execution procedures to ensure a seamless setup across different systems.

What is IP Messenger ?

IP Messenger ( IPTUX)  is an pop up application to chat which  works within Local Area Network ( LAN) , It is available for multi platforms .This application works on TCP/IP (UDP ), and it is not dependent on the server machine means no server setup.

Here are some points related to IP Messenger :


  • Server less IP Messenger.



  • Used for Chat and Fast file and folder transfer within LAN .



  • TCP / IP ( UDP ) based


Installation of  IP Messenger ( IPTUX )

Iptux is quite portable and it can be compile it from sources .

Here we are going to install packages , which will be needed on compilation of IP Messenger software and cloining of git repositories .Run below yum command for install libraries.

For CentOS , RHEL , Fedora :

# yum install  gtk2-devel  automake  git gcc-c++ make autoconf GConf2-devel  libtool

For Ubuntu or Debian based system :

Here i am assuming you are running below commands from root user othwise use sudo before execute the command.

#apt-get install git  automake libgconf2-dev  autoconf libgtk2.0-dev g++ make libtool

Here  I am doing through git clone method because it worked for me .Run the below command for clone the git repositories.

#git clone git://github.com/iptux-src/iptux.git

After run the git clone , iptux directory will be clone on the path.Go to the iptux directory.

#cd iptux

Run the below command with root privilege for compilation and build.

#./configure

#make

# make install

After the compilation of iptux , you can run the application through below command.

#iptux