Re: [asterisk-users] Why no traction for Windows version?
Hi, I haven't write any How to on it but below are some step by step instructions to run Asterisk on windows, 1-Install Cygwin. 2-Install build essentials in Cygwin. 3-Download Asterisk source (I used 1.4.x) and unzip it using tar (You may need to install tar manually as it is missing in some Cygwin default installations. Don't use windows unzip for as it will create some abnormal character in source and will make unexpected compile time errors) 4-Run bootstrap it will report any missing or lower version libs, prerequisite or tools. 5-You may need to manually install/upgrade tools like autoconf, automake etc depending on your Cygwin installation. 6-You manually need to download and compile termcap, ncurses. 7-Run configure. 8-Make menuselect and disable all non-required modules as it will save to resolve lot of not needed dependencies. 9-Run make 10-Resolve any missing reported by make. 11-After successful make run make install 12-Once make install okey you can run asterisk on Cygwin console and also directly run by double clicking on asterisk.exe in c:/Cygwin/usr/sbin/. Once you have compiled it you can copy asterisk.exe to any other system not having Cygwin installed by you have to care about following, 1-You must have to create required directories structure like Cygwin on system drive. 2-You must need to copy required Cygwin DLLs to new systems \windows\system32\ folder. You can identify required DLLs by trying to run asterisk.exe and it will report missing DLLs one by one. I did just for my experiment and fun and was able to make successful SIP calls using static files configuration. However I suggest to use SIPx, Yate or FreeSWITCH if you want to stick with windows as that have native windows ports and have all required features you need in a PABX or VoIP switch. Regards, Faisal Hanif -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Why no traction for Windows version?
Hi, One more thing previously there was a project named as AstWin which was maintaining asterisk's port to windows and providing an installable package of Asterisk for windows. I am not aware about current state of project but, I have installation package of Asterisk for windows version 1.2. If anyone need it contact me direct at email imfa...@gmail.com I will send the software as attachment. Regards, Faisal Hanif -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Why no traction for Windows version?
On Thursday 28 Jul 2011, Gilles wrote: On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:04:38 +0500, Faisal Hanif fai...@vopium.com wrote: I have tried asterisk on windows XP using Cygwin and it worked fine. Would you mind explaining how to do this? I hate to sound patronising but, if you need to ask how to install Cygwin on Windows, you really shouldn't bother. You *will* find it quicker, cheaper, easier and less frustrating in the long run just to get a scrap PC and install Linux on that. Especially now there are dedicated distros which install Linux and Asterisk ready to go. What you are wanting to do is, in essence, like teaching a gerbil to bark. It's an extraordinary effort to go to when you can get puppies anywhere; and at the end of the day, it's still not, and never will be, a proper dog. -- AJS Answers come *after* questions. -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Why no traction for Windows version?
- Original Message - What you are wanting to do is, in essence, like teaching a gerbil to bark. It's an extraordinary effort to go to when you can get puppies anywhere; and at the end of the day, it's still not, and never will be, a proper dog. +1 I could not have said it better myself. --tim -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Why no traction for Windows version?
I have tried asterisk on windows XP using Cygwin and it worked fine. From: asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Antonio Modesto Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 1:45 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Why no traction for Windows version? On Tue, 2011-07-26 at 09:45 +0200, Gilles wrote: On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:28:27 +, Soeren Malchow (MCon) soeren.malc...@mcon.net wrote: And asterisk just runs fine on linux why bother ? Because I, for one, would like to run Asterisk on my Windows workstation at home as an enhanced answering machine :-) Windows never was a good solution for these things, and i think it will never be. -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Why no traction for Windows version?
On 11-07-26 03:21 AM, Gilles wrote: Are there just not enough interest and too many, deep, Linux-specific assumptions in the code, that would explain why Asterisk was never officially ported to Windows? Cost? For me to run Asterisk under Windows requires me to purchase a Microsoft license for the OS, with Linux it is not required. -- Paul Belanger Digium, Inc. | Software Developer twitter: pabelanger | IRC: pabelanger (Freenode) Check us out at: http://digium.com http://asterisk.org -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Why no traction for Windows version?
On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:04:38 +0500, Faisal Hanif fai...@vopium.com wrote: I have tried asterisk on windows XP using Cygwin and it worked fine. Would you mind explaining how to do this? Thank you. -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Why no traction for Windows version?
Interrupting - you have to not use DAHDI (SIP Only) and make sure you have the necessary libs downloaded in your Cygwin install. -Original Message- From: asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Gilles Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 12:42 PM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Why no traction for Windows version? On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:04:38 +0500, Faisal Hanif fai...@vopium.com wrote: I have tried asterisk on windows XP using Cygwin and it worked fine. Would you mind explaining how to do this? Thank you. -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Why no traction for Windows version?
On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:46:03 -0500, Danny Nicholas da...@debsinc.com wrote: Interrupting - you have to not use DAHDI (SIP Only) and make sure you have the necessary libs downloaded in your Cygwin install. It's OK, I don't mind using a VoIP gateway instead of a PCI card. Has someone written an HOWTO to compile 1.4 or 1.6 for Windows? Does it require patching to Asterisk and/or libraries, or does Cygwin handles the whole thing? -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Why no traction for Windows version?
If they have, it would probably be on www.nerdvittles.com -Original Message- From: asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Gilles Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 1:02 PM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Why no traction for Windows version? On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:46:03 -0500, Danny Nicholas da...@debsinc.com wrote: Interrupting - you have to not use DAHDI (SIP Only) and make sure you have the necessary libs downloaded in your Cygwin install. It's OK, I don't mind using a VoIP gateway instead of a PCI card. Has someone written an HOWTO to compile 1.4 or 1.6 for Windows? Does it require patching to Asterisk and/or libraries, or does Cygwin handles the whole thing? -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Why no traction for Windows version?
- Original Message - On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:46:03 -0500, Danny Nicholas da...@debsinc.com wrote: Interrupting - you have to not use DAHDI (SIP Only) and make sure you have the necessary libs downloaded in your Cygwin install. It's OK, I don't mind using a VoIP gateway instead of a PCI card. Has someone written an HOWTO to compile 1.4 or 1.6 for Windows? Does it require patching to Asterisk and/or libraries, or does Cygwin handles the whole thing? Here's a question I must ask... Why do people want to run Asterisk on Windows? Typically, the person knows the Windows environment better. However, that doesn't mean that simply by running on Windows Asterisk will be easier to manage. It is still run via console, editing text files, etc. In reality, it seems more work and headache to run this on a non-supported platform when you're really not gaining anything. AND, this doesn't even include the whole Linux vs. Windows argument. Yes, yes I understand the whole 'its open source I want to do whatever I want with it' argument. Fine. But why take that attitude about Asterisk, only to amputate it by running on a non-open-source platform? Kids these days... :) --Tim -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Why no traction for Windows version?
On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:08:33 -0500, Danny Nicholas da...@debsinc.com wrote: If they have, it would probably be on www.nerdvittles.com It looks like The Incredible PBX runs on CentOS www.nerdvittles.com/index.php?p=740 -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Why no traction for Windows version?
On Tue, 2011-07-26 at 09:45 +0200, Gilles wrote: On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:28:27 +, Soeren Malchow (MCon) soeren.malc...@mcon.net wrote: And asterisk just runs fine on linux why bother ? Because I, for one, would like to run Asterisk on my Windows workstation at home as an enhanced answering machine :-) Windows never was a good solution for these things, and i think it will never be. -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
[asterisk-users] Why no traction for Windows version?
Hello, Since Asterisk has been ported to exotic platforms like SOHO routers (Linksys, Buffalo, etc.) and non-MMU CPUs (Blackfin, etc.), I was wondering why the Windows port never really took off. As far as I can tell, www.asteriskwin32.com is a one-man effort (Patrick Deruel's) that is not going anywhere (latest version based on 1.2.26.2). Are there just not enough interest and too many, deep, Linux-specific assumptions in the code, that would explain why Asterisk was never officially ported to Windows? Thank you. -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Why no traction for Windows version?
Hi Gilles, For me the main question would be first, why would you want to port asterisk to Windows where you would need to pay license fees ? And asterisk just runs fine on linux why bother ? Cheers Soeren -Original Message- From: asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Gilles Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 12:52 PM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [asterisk-users] Why no traction for Windows version? Hello, Since Asterisk has been ported to exotic platforms like SOHO routers (Linksys, Buffalo, etc.) and non-MMU CPUs (Blackfin, etc.), I was wondering why the Windows port never really took off. As far as I can tell, www.asteriskwin32.com is a one-man effort (Patrick Deruel's) that is not going anywhere (latest version based on 1.2.26.2). Are there just not enough interest and too many, deep, Linux-specific assumptions in the code, that would explain why Asterisk was never officially ported to Windows? Thank you. -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Why no traction for Windows version?
On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:28:27 +, Soeren Malchow (MCon) soeren.malc...@mcon.net wrote: And asterisk just runs fine on linux why bother ? Because I, for one, would like to run Asterisk on my Windows workstation at home as an enhanced answering machine :-) -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Why no traction for Windows version?
On Tuesday 26 Jul 2011, Gilles wrote: Hello, Since Asterisk has been ported to exotic platforms like SOHO routers (Linksys, Buffalo, etc.) and non-MMU CPUs (Blackfin, etc.), I was wondering why the Windows port never really took off. A better question would be: Why would anyone even *want* to port Asterisk to Windows? You have to pay for Windows *and* you don't even get the Source Code. And you can't run Windows without the CPU-hogging GUI. Worst of all possible worlds, surely? If you want to run Asterisk on a Windows PC, it is far easier just to boot up an AsteriskNOW CD. -- AJS Answers come *after* questions. -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Why no traction for Windows version?
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 09:45:35AM +0200, Gilles wrote: On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:28:27 +, Soeren Malchow (MCon) soeren.malc...@mcon.net wrote: And asterisk just runs fine on linux why bother ? Because I, for one, would like to run Asterisk on my Windows workstation at home as an enhanced answering machine :-) Patches are welcomed. -- Tzafrir Cohen icq#16849755 jabber:tzafrir.co...@xorcom.com +972-50-7952406 mailto:tzafrir.co...@xorcom.com http://www.xorcom.com iax:gu...@local.xorcom.com/tzafrir -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Why no traction for Windows version?
On Tuesday 26 Jul 2011, Gilles wrote: On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:28:27 +, Soeren Malchow (MCon) soeren.malc...@mcon.net wrote: And asterisk just runs fine on linux why bother ? Because I, for one, would like to run Asterisk on my Windows workstation at home as an enhanced answering machine :-) And you can't just run Asterisk on a separate Linux box at home as an enhanced answering machine because . ? -- AJS Answers come *after* questions. -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Why no traction for Windows version?
On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:59:22 +0300, Tzafrir Cohen tzafrir.co...@xorcom.com wrote: Patches are welcomed. Does someone know the kind of changes that were made by AsteriskWin32, and how hard it'd be to apply them to more recent releases of Asterisk? -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Why no traction for Windows version?
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 10:45:59AM +0200, Gilles wrote: On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:59:22 +0300, Tzafrir Cohen tzafrir.co...@xorcom.com wrote: Patches are welcomed. Does someone know the kind of changes that were made by AsteriskWin32, and how hard it'd be to apply them to more recent releases of Asterisk? There were some later fixes at around 1.6.0 to try to get the code built on cygwin. I would suggest you to try building it on cygwin and see where things fail. Also grep for CYGWIN or such in the source (especially in Makefile-s). -- Tzafrir Cohen icq#16849755 jabber:tzafrir.co...@xorcom.com +972-50-7952406 mailto:tzafrir.co...@xorcom.com http://www.xorcom.com iax:gu...@local.xorcom.com/tzafrir -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Why no traction for Windows version?
On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:07:10 +0300, Tzafrir Cohen tzafrir.co...@xorcom.com wrote: There were some later fixes at around 1.6.0 to try to get the code built on cygwin. I would suggest you to try building it on cygwin and see where things fail. Also grep for CYGWIN or such in the source (especially in Makefile-s). Thanks for the infos. -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Why no traction for Windows version?
...and why do we all mess around with IT stuff and asterisk in special? Spoiler: because we can...! ;-) regards, Ruben Am 26.07.2011 10:16, schrieb A J Stiles: On Tuesday 26 Jul 2011, Gilles wrote: On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:28:27 +, Soeren Malchow (MCon) soeren.malc...@mcon.net wrote: And asterisk just runs fine on linux why bother ? Because I, for one, would like to run Asterisk on my Windows workstation at home as an enhanced answering machine :-) And you can't just run Asterisk on a separate Linux box at home as an enhanced answering machine because . ? -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Why no traction for Windows version?
I think the real answer has mostly to do with the fact that no serious person, in their right mind, would run Windows in a server role in 2011. Not unless their hands are tied by legacy systems or big-corporate IT logic. Asterisk is firmly intended to run on servers. It's not a desktop app. -- Alex Balashov - Principal Evariste Systems LLC 260 Peachtree Street NW Suite 2200 Atlanta, GA 30303 Tel: +1-678-954-0670 Fax: +1-404-961-1892 Web: http://www.evaristesys.com/ On Jul 26, 2011, at 3:45 AM, Gilles codecompl...@free.fr wrote: On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:28:27 +, Soeren Malchow (MCon) soeren.malc...@mcon.net wrote: And asterisk just runs fine on linux why bother ? Because I, for one, would like to run Asterisk on my Windows workstation at home as an enhanced answering machine :-) -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
