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

[Mathieu Parent]

On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Randall Degges <rdegges at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,

Hi Randall,

> 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:

Another way it to build the packages:

aptitude install build-essential
cd freeswitch.git
dpkg-buildpackage

> - Freeswitch can be controlled via normal ubuntu init scripts (eg: service
> freeswitch start|stop|restart).
This is in the pkg.

> - Freeswitch starts on system boot.
Edit /etc/default/freeswitch

> - 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).
Currently, the debian/ubuntu package doesn't respect FHS (man hier).
But you can add symlink: /var/log/freeswitch -> /opt/freeswitch/log
and /usr/sbin/{freeswitch,fs_cli}.

> I've found the install guide
> (http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Installation_Guide) really confusing so
> far.
Agree.

> 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.
But you can also package from git,see above.

> 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:
... see above.


Regards

Mathieu Parent