[asterisk-dev] Setting up a development environment for Asterisk

[Nick Khamis]

That is really interesting information Paul. Using Eclipse I started by:
* Checking out the source code using subclipse
* Trying to determine the reference tree i.e. which modules depend on what

> I tried getting Eclipse up and running, but eventually gave up.

I understand that this is a frustrating process however, it only has to
be done once. If you gents can guide me towards where this
thing  (asterisk) starts, I can begin building the Eclipse CDT project from
there.
Yes this is a large project, multiple inheritance with messages getting
passed around from absolutely every direction, so it will take me some time,
but it will be well worth it.

Nick

On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Paul Belanger <pabelanger at digium.com>wrote:

> On 11-01-10 09:20 PM, Nick Khamis wrote:
> > I am looking to develop applications that use Asterisk. I was wondering
> what
> > everyone is using to develop
> > code for Asterisk. I am familiar with the Eclipse IDE. Does anyone have
> any
> > experience checking out the code for the
> > repository using subclipse, compiling and running the application? I
> think
> > this is going to be rather difficult given the
> > size of Asterisk. If you can share your experiences with setting up a
> > developmental environment for Asterisk it would
> > be greatly appreciated.
> >
> This is something I've been wanting to document for a while, now that we
> have the wiki up.  I agree any feedback about how people create their
> development environments would be great.
>
> Here are some of the steps I use.
>
> = Download source code =
>
> $ mkdir -p ~/digium/asterisk/testing/
> $ cd ~/digium/asterisk/testing
> $ svn co http://svn.asterisk.org/svn/asterisk/trunk
> $ cd trunk
>
> = Modifiy code =
> I default to vim, with a .vimrc provided by russellb. :) I tried getting
> Eclipse up and running, but eventually gave up.
>
> = Compiling =
> Because I don't like install sudoing to root to install and test
> Asterisk patches, I use a handy script located in the contrib directory:
>
> $ ./contrib/scripts/live_ast configure
> $ make
> $ ./contrib/scripts/live_ast install
> $ ./contrib/scripts/live_ast samples
>
> This will create 'live/' directory containing a working installation of
> Asterisk. Use './live/asterisk' script to start / stop Asterisk (EG:
> ./live/asterisk -vvvvvc). Config files are stored in 'live/etc/asterisk'.
>
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