Ubuntu has pretty good package management with apt-get and should work
well for a beginner. The recommended OS (though FreeSWITCH runs on a
wide variety of platforms) is 64-bit CentOS. You can get it here: http://www.centos.org/
if you'd like, but at this point I think it's fine to just keep
digging into whichever flavor of linux you have handy.
If you have FreeSWITCH compiled and installed, have you tried just
starting it from the command line? cd /usr/local/freeswitch ; ./bin/
freeswitch
On Nov 19, 2009, at 8:18 PM, David V. Fansler wrote:
Thanks for your answers Rob and Shelby. I found more info on apt-
get and ran it against all the missing dependences noted. I also
ran through the sequence of commands Shelby suggested. In the end,
running dpkg –checkbuilddeps I got the following in return
dpkg-checkbuilddeps: Unnet builddependencies: debhelper (>=5)
then followed the instructions for Ubuntu to enable freeswitch
nano /etc/default/freeswitch
FREESWITCH_ENABLE=”true”
And then tried
invoke –rc.d freeswitch start
but nothing obvious happened.
I am only using Ubuntu since it came as a free DVD in the Linux Pro
mag that the article about Freeswitch was in. Is there a better
version of Linux to use?
thanks
David
David V. Fansler
s/v Annabelle
dfans...@dv-fansler.com
www.dv-fansler.com
From: freeswitch-users-boun...@lists.freeswitch.org [mailto:freeswitch-users-boun...@lists.freeswitch.org
] On Behalf Of Rob Forman
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 5:53 PM
To: freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org
Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users] APT Utility
Hi David,
When using Apt, you would install packages with:
apt-get install <package name>
Or search for packages with
apt-cache search <search term>
If you're not root, you'll need to stick "sudo " in front of those
command. Honestly, you might want to find a better tutorial with
explicit command-by-command instructions.
Good luck!
Rob
On Nov 18, 2009, at 3:49 PM, David V. Fansler wrote:
Greetings – I am trying to startup a freeSwitch on a P4 running
Ubuntu 9.04 “Jaunty”. I know very little about Linux. I decided to
try this after reading the article in Linux Pro Magazine. I have
been following the detailed instructions in the wiki for using
Ubuntu Jaunty, however I have run into an unknown – “Use your
favorite APT utility to get the needed packages”.
I am good at following direct instructions – but this statement is
too vague for my minimal minimal – did I mention minimal - knowledge
of Linux.
Could someone please give me detailed instructions on how to use APT
utility to get the needed packages – and what are the needed packages?
Thanks kindly,
David
David V. Fansler
s/v Annabelle
dfans...@dv-fansler.com
www.dv-fansler.com
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