[asterisk-users] Bad luck installing bristuff on multiple Linux'es. Any one got a good-luck story I can repeat?

[Filip Drągowski]

First question: Do You have kernel sources ?
this is required for #make-ing zaptel

i have installed asterisk-1.2.4 with bristuff-0.3.0-PRE-1k, libpri-1.2.2 
and zaptel-1.2.3

OS was Debian 3.1 with kernel 2.6.16.2, i compiled new kernel myself so 
there was kernel sources in system.
I didn't use bristuff autamated install.
wget-ed asterisk, libpri, zaptel and patched them.
there is recomended to use make linux26 when making zaptel on 2.6. 
kernel. bristuff compile.sh don't have linux26 option



> Thanks for your input. I'm good at following instructions (if I can 
> find instructions) so I'll give anything a try!
>
> I'm downloading bristuff from http://junghanns.net/downloads/ and the 
> tar's I'm getting from there contain some kind of "bootstraping" for 
> the installation. The "install.sh" file simply calls "download.sh" and 
> then "compile.sh".
>
> The download.sh script downloads a specific version of asterisk (and 
> everything else required) so I doubt it gets it wrong. It then patches 
> the thing all by itself, using exactly the instructions you gave. It 
> fails when it tries compiling stuff. I installed CentOS 3 using 
> "everything" as an install option so I think I've got everything.
>
> If you ever got this working, would you be so kind to tell what 
> version of Linux you used and what version of bristuff? I prefer 
> CentOS/Fedora/RHL instalations as that's what I've always used and 
> that's what I know, but I'm willing to use anything as long as it gets 
> the work done.
>
> Thanks again,
> Cosmin Prund
>
>> Bristuff 0.2.0-RC8 if for Asterisk 1.0.10
>> Bristuff 0.3.0-PRE-1r if for Asterisk 1.2.9.1, libpri 1.2.3 and 
>> zaptel 1.2.6
>> download proper versions
>> (for Asterisk 1.2.9.1)
>> look at install.sh in bristuff directory
>> do as it's written there:
>> cd zaptel
>> patch -p1 < ../patches/zaptel.patch
>> cd ..
>>
>> cd libpri-1.2.3
>> patch -p1 < ../patches/libpri.patch
>> cd ..
>>
>> cd asterisk-1.2.9.1
>> patch -p1 < ../patches/asterisk.patch
>> cd ..
>>
>> then try to install Trixbox.
>>
>> Asterisk at Home as i kno comes with whole OS and asterisk installation 
>> is automated and ther is no time for applying bristuff patches.
>> It looks that You have to manually install OS and asterisk then trixbox
>>
>> -Hope that help You a little.
>>> I've been trying to install bristuff on my system for a really long 
>>> time.
>>> This is what I've done so far:
>>>
>>> I started with a Asterisk at Home installation. I tried downloading and 
>>> compiling bristuff release - it didn't work. It was a long time ago, 
>>> I don't remamber what the problem was.
>>> I tried compiling the latest bristuff (whatever "latest" was about 
>>> 1-2 months ago). It failed to compile.
>>>
>>> I download the full CentOS 4.3 and tried compiling both bristuff 
>>> release (0.2.0-RC8) and bristuff "latest". Again, whatever latest 
>>> was about 2 weeks ago.
>>>
>>> Next I found something about bristuff being known to work on kernel 
>>> 2.4; Since CentOS 4.3 has kernel 2.6 I downloaded CentOS 3 and tried 
>>> compiling both bristuff release (0.2.0-RC8) and the current release 
>>> of today (19 july 2006). I wasn't able to compile ither one of them.
>>>
>>> Now, after downloading 2 DVD Linux images (CentOS 4.3 and CentOS 3) 
>>> and two CD Images (Asterisk at Home and Trixbox) and reinstalling 
>>> everything a few times, I think it's time to ask for help:
>>>
>>> Would someone be so kind and tell my how they installed Bristuff 
>>> from A to Z? (that is, what version of Linux so I can download the 
>>> same version, what updates, what version of bristuff). I'm hoping 
>>> for a quick answer like: "Install LinuxVariant 10.20, install all 
>>> updates using LinuxVariantUpdateProgram, download bristuff version 
>>> X.Y.Z, call install.sh and be done with it".
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Cosmin Prund