Installation on Linux

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Install JDK

Linux 32-bit installation instructions

Linux 64-bit installation instructions

Create directory for Red5

mkdir -p /usr/share/red5

Set environment variable for Red5

export RED5_HOME=/usr/share/red5

Get the latest tarball for Red5

Browse to Red5 Server Releases
Scroll to "Latest Release"
Download the tar.gz
Copy to RED5_HOME
Expand the tarball

Start the server

cd /usr/share/red5
./red5.sh &

Stop the server

cd /usr/share/red5
./red5-shutdown.sh

Configure init script

Sample script for init, may be found here