[Asterisk-Users] newbie questions

[Dana Olson]

I run Debian, and it's not hard to get a base install running. If you
want a GUI and such, then it'll be more than "follow the screen
prompts." I've been writing some Debian documents, if you're
interested, email me off-list.

Anyhow, on pretty much any distro, you can make your own packages
(RPM, DEB, TGZ, whatever) from compiling source using the program
called CheckInstall. It'll make removing your programs much easier,
and if you deploy many similar systems, you can reuse the packages. I
did this when I ran Mandrake, and it worked great, especially when
Mandrake didn't have a lot of the software that I wanted to use. More
often than not, Debian has what I want, but if I can't find something
(ipkungfu, for example) then I'll use checkinstall to make it easy to
remove in the future.

--
Dana



On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 17:06:14 +0000, Mark Benson <mark.benson at iqit.co.uk> wrote:
> Voip to voip (in whatever form that takes sip-sip sip-iax iax-iax) is
> what I am using asterisk for.
> 
> I would have thought mandrake would have been ok - but haven't used it
> for a while. I'm running FC2 (fedora core2) and asterisk complies and
> runs without any problems.
> 
> Dont fear make. Apps, for the most part, compile really easily on linux.
> Follow the instructions to the letter and you shouldn't go wrong. Its
> often as simple as typing make waiting a bit for stuff to stop happening
> and then typing make install. Asterisk prompts you with various other
> options like make help and make samples (or something like that) so its
> pretty straight forward.
> 
> You don't need any cards for asterisk. No phone cards, no sound card
> just whatever allows you to connect to your lan and/or the internet.
> 
> g729 - isn't required. There are plenty of other codecs you can use for
> free.
> 
> Accounting, cdr, ser etc - I haven't got that far myself either.
> 
> Shaoul Jacobson - TELLINK wrote:
> 
> >Hi,
> >
> >I want to use asterisk as a VoIP-VoIP pbx (just IP, no PSTN/ISDN cards)
> >
> >
> >1.     the distro
> >I downloaded a "free mandrake 10.0 - 3 CD's) but some packages seem missing
> >(some C or C++ or python ...)
> >(buy the full version ....)
> >
> >maybe the latest fedora is more complete ?
> >or easier to complete with rpmfind
> >(I am green to linux too, but I open my windows & gates to the tux)
> >
> >(bsd, debian are a bit too tech for me yet, no flaming please.)
> >I prefer ready made rpm's or alike than compile AT THIS TIME.
> >(I promise to improve over time)
> >
> >
> >2.     download
> >any rpm ? or I must download sources and 'make install' ?
> >(I found one iso, but it seemed to require a pstn card)
> >(RTFM a second / third time could is always a good option)
> >
> >3.     pure VoIP
> >is it ok to use it in pure VoIP mode without any 'phone cards' ?
> >all (most) settings & samples I see include such cards. Needed or not ?
> >
> >
> >4.     g729 not free.
> >It seems that requires some licensing to digium.
> >Can that be without using any 'card' (just VoIP) ?
> >How to control the licenses then ?
> >(I e-mailed them the question, but got no answer)
> >
> >
> >accounting, cdr's, ... that's for later
> >(first I have to be able to phone)
> >
> >
> >regards,
> >
> >Shaoul Jacobson
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