Installing Vertx on Ubuntu 13

Environment details

Instance type: EC2 hi1.4xlarge
OS: Ubuntu 13.10 (64 bit)
Java VM: ** java version "1.7.0_25" (IcedTea 2.3.12) ** (7u25-2.3.12-4ubuntu3) ** OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.7-b01, mixed mode)
vertx: 2.1M1 (built 2013-10-29 11:11:22)

Java 7 JDK:

$sudoapt-getinstallopenjdk-7-jdk

Download

$wgethttp://dl.bintray.com/vertx/downloads/vert.x-2.1M1.tar.gz

$tar-zxfvert.x-2.1M1.tar.gz

$ls
vert.x-2.1M1vert.x-2.1M1.tar.gz

Move into standard Unix structure:

$sudomvvert.x-2.1M1/usr/local/share/

$ls/usr/local/share/
...vert.x-2.1M1xml

Create symbolic link to /usr/local/share/vertx so upgrading is easier.

$sudoln-s/usr/local/share/vert.x-2.1M1//usr/local/share/vertx
$ls/usr/local/share/vertx
api-docsbinclientconflib

Add vertx symbolic link to your /usr/bin/ directory.

$sudoln-s/usr/local/share/vertx/bin/vertx/usr/bin/vertx

Install a real damn editor:

$sudoapt-getinstallemacs

Create test script to test vertx is installed properly:

varvertx=require('vertx');
vertx.createHttpServer().requestHandler(function(r){
r.response.end("test 1\n");}).listen(8080);

Now run vertx against test script:

$vertxruntest.js&
[1]11493
$Succeededindeployingverticle

$curl127.0.0.1:8080
test1

If you get "test 1", this means vertx is install and able to server verticles.