Asterisk IP PBX Learning Tutorials - Part 2
So, let’s get started with the first video: Asterisk Video Tutorials - Installing Asterisk
Build and Install:
In this video I will show you how to install and configure asterisk.
Asterisk is an opensource software, that means you can download and use it for free
In order to download asterisk you have to go to asterisk web site, that is www.asterisk.org, and click on downloads link
As you can see, there are 2 versions available, one is version 1.4, which is a stable one and other is version 1.6 which is unstable. We will go with stable one. There are 3 more packages for asterisk, that is zaptel and libpri which are used to make asterisk communicate with telco hardware and addons which includes various addons for asterisk. But for now we will download only asterisk.
In order to build asterisk, you have to unpack archive that you have downloaded and change directory to newly unpacked sources.
If you are familiar with building software under linux, building asterisk will not be a problem for you, but if not you have to run ./configure script to prepare sources for compiling.
After ./configure script has finished you have to type “make menuconfig” to run pre compile options check.
As you can see you can set and unset a huge number of options here, but for now lets leave everything by default, as default configuration will be suitable for almost everyone. To exit configuration screen press “x”.
Asterisk is ready to be build, in order to do it you have to run “make” command.
When sources have compiled, run “make install” to install asterisk to your system. After successful install you have to install sample configuration files that are used by asterisk. In order to do it you have to run “make samples”
That’s it asterisk is compiled and installed on your system!
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