[Freeswitch-users] Ubuntu Server 10.04 64-bit Installation Woes

[Milena]

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-Milena

2010/7/26 Randall Degges <rdegges at gmail.com>

> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm a new freeswitch user, and I'm basically trying to use it as a SIP
> proxy / media proxy (RTP) for handling some SIP phones.
>
> Basically, I'm trying to install freeswitch (latest) on a ubuntu-server
> 10.04 64-bit box, and get everything running smoothly. The requirements I'd
> like to meet are:
>
> - Freeswitch can be controlled via normal ubuntu init scripts (eg: service
> freeswitch start|stop|restart).
> - Freeswitch starts on system boot.
> - Freeswitch binaries are accessible in the default user PATH variable (so
> that I can simply type 'fs_cli' from the command line).
> - Freeswitch logs to the appropriate locations in /var/log/ (or wherever
> the suggested location is).
>
> I've found the install guide (
> http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Installation_Guide) really confusing so
> far.
>
> Unless I'm crazy, the top of the install guide says to always install from
> the git repo (latest), which I also take to mean that one should not install
> from any OS packages, etc.
>
> So what I've tried is:
>
> 1. Cloned the git repo.
> 2. Installed all OS dependency packages.
> 3. Built from the git repo using the following commands:
>
> ./bootstrap.sh
> ./configure --enable-core-odbc-support
> sudo make all install sounds-install moh-install
>
> Up to this point, everything works great. Everything compiles, all files
> are located in /usr/local/freeswitch/ which seems good, and things look
> great.
>
> Here are the problems I'm having at this point, which I'm not sure how to
> resolve:
>
> 1. The freeswitch binaries are not in the default user PATH. Basically, if
> I type 'fs_cli' or 'freeswitch' form the command line, I get a command not
> found error. This is because the default PATH on ubuntu (obviously) doesn't
> contain /usr/local/freeswitch/bin. Shouldn't the installer add that? Or am I
> missing something? What is the best way to get this working? I could just
> modify my user's .bashrc file to append /usr/local/freeswitch/bin to the
> PATH variable, but that seems like a hack.
>
> 2. There are no system init scripts for freeswitch. I can't start, stop, or
> restart the freeswitch daemon. This makes managing it a real pain. What's
> the best way to get this working?
>
> I have a lot of prior experience with Asterisk, but very little with
> freeswitch. So I'm relatively competent working with these sorts of systems
> once I get the basics :)
>
> Thanks so much for any help / advice, I'm really looking forward to seeing
> what the ideal way to get this running is.
>
> -Randall
>
>
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