[asterisk-users] Re: Zaptel install - Fedora Core 5

[Rich Adamson]

Tomislav Parčina wrote:
> In article <007a01c6c55f$ee353ff0$0e66970a at ds.mot.com>, aryanto at chello.at says...
>> I did "yum update" last week and here is my current kernel:
>>
>> I had no problem at all with zaptel. I am only using TDM400P though, in
>> case that matters.
> 
> 
> Hi Anto!
> 
> The thing is that I can't rely on yum update for asterisk installation. I would like something that will work like this: I install FC5 from CD/DVD, install RPM's that I need from my ftp server or from CD, install zaptel, libpri, asterisk...
> 
> So, I need to download rpm's that will allow me to install zaptel/libpri/asterisk without using yum update (I need to make all installations the same).

Why bother with the rpm's?

After you have a working OS, why not follow the suggestions on 
www.asterisk.org/download and do:
cd /usr/src
svn checkout http://svn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/branches/1.2 asterisk-1.2
svn checkout http://svn.digium.com/svn/zaptel/branches/1.2 zaptel-1.2
svn checkout http://svn.digium.com/svn/libpri/branches/1.2 libpri-1.2

Then, as patches and fixes are committed to the v1.2 release, you can 
simply do a "make update", recompile, and you're always current. You're 
never waiting around for someone to create an rpm, etc, that way.

If you want to create a simple backout plan (for asterisk, as an 
example), do something like this (on RH/FC systems):
  mv /usr/lib/asterisk/modules/* /usr/lib/asterisk/modules/backup
and execute that before doing the "make update".