Asterisk on Gentoo Linux
Asterisk is supported and maintained on Gentoo Linux.
Asterisk Installation
If portage asks to install an older version, such as net-misc/asterisk-0.9.0, you may have to unmask the lastest version:
Edit /etc/portage/package.keywords and add net-misc/asterisk ~x86
echo “net-misc/asterisk ~x86” >> /etc/portage/package.keywords
If you are using zaptel and/or libpri, you will probably want to unmask those as well:
echo “net-misc/zaptel ~x86” >> /etc/portage/package.keywords
Now you can emerge the lastest version:
Depending on your USE flags you will get/not get support for:
| alsa | Adds support for media-libs/alsa-lib (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) | ||
| doc | Adds extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc) | ||
| gtk | Adds support for x11-libs/gtk+ (The GIMP Toolkit) | ||
| mmx | Adds support for optimizations for Pentium MMX and Athlon class processors | ||
| mysql | Adds mySQL support | ||
| pri | Enables pri support (>=asterisk-1.0.1) | ||
| zaptel | Enables zaptel support (>=asterisk-1.0.1) | ||
| uclibc | Enable uclibc specific patches and build or link uclibc | ||
| debug | Tells configure and the makefiles to build for debugging. Effects vary across packages, but generally it will at least add -g to CFLAGS. Remember to set FEATURES=nostrip too | ||
| postgres | Adds support for the postgresql database | ||
| vmdbmysql | Enable mysql db support in voicemail application | ||
| vmdbpostgres | Enable postgres db support in voicemail application | ||
| bri | Enable ISDN BRI support (bristuff) | ||
| hardened | activate default security enhancements for toolchain (gcc, glibc, binutils) | ||
| speex | Adds support for the speex audio codec | ||
| resperl | Enables support for embedded perl in extensions.conf | ||
If you want to install Asterisk overriding your make.conf USE variables adding support for mysql, and mmx optimizations but you don’t want Primary Rate ISDN support:
Edit first /etc/portage/package.use and add net-im/skype net-misc/asterisk mysql mmx nopri
echo “net-misc/asterisk mysql mmx -pri” >> /etc/portage/package.use
And then, just:
Zaptel on Kernel 2.6 and devfs Installation
If you don’t have nozaptel in your USE variable you will get installed zaptel has a dependancy of Asterisk. Make sure if your are using 2.6 kernel series with devfs to put in USE variable devfs26 in order to let portage make the apropiate modifications (Asterisk Zaptel Installation) to make Zaptel work with devfs in 2.6.
| devfs26 | Zaptel Devfs support for Linux-2.6 | ||
echo “net-misc/zaptel devfs26” >> /etc/portage/package.use
There are no know problems with udev and 2.6 kernels.
Asterisk CVS Installation
Please go to asterisk and zaptel cvs ebuilds on Gentoo Bugzilla.
It’s not officially supported but maybe you want to take a look
Asterisk Starting and Stopping
You dont need to follow the instructions on Asterisk Starting and Stopping.
For start asterisk on boot just add asterisk to the default run-level or start/stop it manually:
/etc/init.d/asterisk {start,stop}
To configure the startup arguments for asterisk
Asterisk Festival Installation
Again if you want to install Festival for Asterisk usage you dont need to follow the installation steps on Asterisk festival installation (maybe only just want to read the configuration and troubleshooting).
| asterisk | Adds a new command named tts_textasterisk that is required by net-misc/asterisk to communicate with the Festival server | ||
Just add asterisk in your USE variable:
echo “app-accessibility/festival asterisk” >> /etc/portage/package.use
And then, just:
- Asterisk cmd Festival: The Festival Application
- Asterisk config festival.conf: The configuration file for Festival in Asterisk
- Festival: The Open Source Speech synthesis software
- Asterisk tips and tricks
Help! and Bug Reporting
If you detect a bug please submit it on Gentoo Bugzilla and assign it to the Gentoo VoIP Herd <[email protected]>.
You can also visit #gentoo on the FreeNode IRC network.
Related Packages on Gentoo Linux
Asterisk related packages maintained on Gentoo Linux (stable versions).
| net-misc/asterisk | 1.2.13-1.2.21 | Asterisk |
| net-misc/asterisk-addons | 1.2.5 | Additional Plugins for Asterisk |
| net-misc/asterisk-app_authenticate_ldap | 0.1.3 | Asterisk application plugin for authentication using LDAP |
| net-misc/asterisk-app_conference | 0.0.1_pre20060210 | Asterisk application plugin for conferences |
| net-misc/asterisk-app_event | 20060120 | Asterisk plugin to generate a manger event from the dialplan |
| net-misc/asterisk-app_icd | 1.0.0 | ICD (Intelligent Call Distributor) application plugin for Asterisk |
| net-misc/asterisk-app_iconv | 0.9.2-r1 | Asterisk application plugin for character conversion |
| net-misc/asterisk-app_intercept | 20060120 | Asterisk plugin to intercept an unanswered call |
| net-misc/asterisk-app_ldap | 1.0_rc5 | Asterisk application plugin to do lookups in a LDAP directory |
| net-misc/asterisk-app_notify | 1.0_rc2 | Asterisk application plugin to notify users |
| net-misc/asterisk-app_nv_faxdetect | 1.0.6 | Asterisk plugins to detect faxes, dtfm and voice (faxdetect and backgrounddetect) |
| net-misc/asterisk-app_rtxfax | 0.0.2_pre25 | Asterisk applications for sending and receiving faxes |
| net-misc/asterisk-cdr_shell | 20060120 | Asterisk plugin to use an external shell script for cdr handling |
| net-misc/asterisk-chan_bluetooth | 0.0.1_pre20050212 | Asterisk channel plugin for bluetooth HandsFree Profile |
| net-misc/asterisk-chan_capi | 0.7.1 | CAPI2.0 channel module for Asterisk |
| net-misc/asterisk-chan_misdn | 0.3.0 | Asterisk channel plugin for mISDN |
| net-misc/asterisk-chan_sccp | 0.0.20060204 | SCCP channel plugin for the Asterisk soft PBX |
| net-misc/asterisk-chan_unicall | 0.0.3_pre9 | Asterisk channel plugin for UniCall |
| net-misc/asterisk-chan_unistim | 0.9.4 | Unistim channel module for Asterisk |
| net-misc/asterisk-rate_engine | 0.5.4 | Asterisk application for least-cost routing |
| net-misc/asterisk-res_bondia | 0.9 | Asterisk resource plugin for Apple Bonjour (aka zeroconf) support |
| net-misc/asterisk-res_bonjour | 1.0_rc1 | Asterisk resource plugin for Apple Bonjour (aka zeroconf) support |
| net-misc/asterisk-sounds | 1.2.1-r1 | Additional sounds for Asterisk |
| net-misc/asterisk-sounds-de-pforzheim | 2005.09.11 | German voice prompts for Asterisk from the City of Pforzheim |
| net-misc/asterisk-spandsp_codec_g726 | 0.0.2_pre25 | SpanDSP ITU G.726-32kbps codec for Asterisk |
| sec-policy/selinux-asterisk | 20070329 | Gentoo SELinux policy for asterisk, a modular open-source PBX system |
| app-accessibility/festival | 1.9.6_beta | Festival Text to Speech engine |
| net-libs/iax | 0.2.2 | IAX (Inter Asterisk eXchange) Library |
| net-libs/libpri | 1.2.5 | Primary Rate ISDN (PRI) library |
| app-doc/doxygen | 1.5.4 | Documentation and analysis tool for C++, C, Java, IDL, PHP and C# |
| net-libs/zapata | 1.0.1 | Library of additional telephony related functions |
| net-misc/zaptel | 1.2.22 | Drivers for Digium and ZapataTelephony cards |
See Also
- Linux Gentoo: Gentoo Linux General Information
- Asterisk OS Platforms
April 7, 2023
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