[asterisk-users] Here is Step by Step Example of Asterisk PBX System Install and configuration

[Tzafrir Cohen]

CentOS 4.x is naturally a bit old and hence quite pointless for a new
install.

I personally prefer Debian. Especially if you have to mess with anything
to do with kernel modules building. RHEL / CentOS are not well-suited
for that. Debian actually try to keep a stable interface for out-of-tree
modules and not every kernel upgrade requires a complete rebuild.

Not to mention that packages are available from a single source and you
don't have to hunt three different places (with three different policies
for stability) to get them.

A basica installation:


1. Install Debian (http://debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual , but
generally just get a netboot CD and install it).

2. Run as root:

  aptitude install asterisk zaptel-source kernel-headers-`uname -r`
  m-a a-i zaptel
  # if you don't have hardware:
  /etc/init.d/zaptel restart
  /etc/init.d/asterisk restart

You can install from source if you really like. Something along the
lines of:

  apt-get build-dep asterisk

And now follow the standard instructions for building from source. You
should basically have all the required packages.

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