[Freeswitch-users] APT Utility

Rob Forman rob4manhere at gmail.com
Thu Nov 19 19:41:30 PST 2009


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
> dfansler at dv-fansler.com
> www.dv-fansler.com
>
> From: freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org [mailto:freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org 
> ] On Behalf Of Rob Forman
> Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 5:53 PM
> To: freeswitch-users at 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
> dfansler at dv-fansler.com
> www.dv-fansler.com
>
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