How to Install Asterisk on Ubuntu – Setting up Asterisk PBX

dusanotes 2 years ago

WOW! Expectus, you outdid yourself. I'm going to save this for future reference. Your mind is so far more advanced than mine, it's not even possible for me to stay up with you. But I'm going to try. This kind of material is valuable. Have you thought of cataloging it and sharing it in the form of a book? Neat stuff. Don White

expectus 2 years ago

thanks for the very encouraging comments dusanotes :) I am still pretty new to asterisk but its great to write a hub to help people get started using it. The book idea sounds great as there's a lack of good clear info on asterisk on the web :)

ABTEODORO 2 years ago

You surely have lots of informative hubs.

expectus 2 years ago

thanks ABTEODORO

Carl "Fitness" 2 years ago

This is great. I hadn't heard of Asterisk, but luckily I stumbled upon this awesome Hub. This is exactly the solution I need. Thanks!

expectus 2 years ago

thanks for the comment Carl :) glad you found it useful

Himanshu 2 years ago

Very clear and simple step to start the installation of Asterisk for new bigenners like me.

expectus 2 years ago

thanks Himanshu glad it helped you

Abu 2 years ago

Looks simple, will try it out, though i'm still new to Ubuntu. Any Words of advice?

expectus 2 years ago

its pretty straight forward really, just got to make sure all packages install properly or you'll have major problems when trying to run asterisk

save my system 2 years ago

Its really very well explained. I am waiting from so long for installing Asterisk on my Ubuntu system. Thanks, I found this hub really impressive and informative.In addition i appreciate for sharing web links too.

expectus 2 years ago

glad it helped you

Reem 2 years ago

Hi, I tried this but I got a few problems:

1- when trying to install sysvconfig I got error says sysvinit-utils can replace it, I have sysvinit-utils installed.

2- wget http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/libpri was not found so I tried libpri-1.4.10.2.tar.gz and it was OK.

3- in /usr/src/zaptel-1.4.12.1 when I try "make" I get errors like:

/usr/src/zaptel-1.4.12.1/kernel/ztdummy.c:202: error: ‘struct hrtimer’ has no member named ‘expires’

make[3]: *** [/usr/src/zaptel-1.4.12.1/kernel/ztdummy.o] Error 1

make[2]: *** [_module_/usr/src/zaptel-1.4.12.1/kernel] Error 2

make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.31-21-generic'

make[1]: *** [modules] Error 2

make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/zaptel-1.4.12.1'

make: *** [all] Error 2

4- make install shows the same errors too :(

5- when I try: service zaptel start

I get: ztcfg not executable

6- I tried the following commands with no errors but when I reached : service asterisk start

I got:

/etc/init.d/asterisk: 95: Bad substitution

*please can u help me? what's wrong? I installed all the packages well..

expectus 2 years ago

I remember having an error similar did you run

apt-get install update & upgrade

you have to make sure you system is up to date, let me know if that changes anything, and reinstall it again

bytecoders 2 years ago

Hi! Nice post, well explained. Lot's of things to learn from you dude.

@Reem

If having problems compiling zaptel on Ubuntu or Debian-like distributions you can try using module assistant, that would do it in an "easy way":

sudo apt-get install module-assistant

sudo m-a a-i zaptel

If still having problems, ignore zaptel 1.4.12.1 which seems it's a little bit tricky on some setups. Try grabbing a different version from SVN.

That link helped me a lot:

https://www.saruman.biz/wiki/index.php/Installing_

soner 22 months ago

http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/libpri

is not working... is there an alternative way to solve that problem ???

soner 22 months ago

http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/libpri

papatrimble 16 months ago

This was a great read! I'm starting a small office once my design firm takes off. Thanks to your article, I will have a solid solution for my sales reps.

Fernando 16 months ago

Hi, I am completely new to both Ubuntu/Linux and Asterisk.

Tried to run "automake autoconf ..." and no input files were found (autoconf,bison, etc.). How do I get them?

Tks

Fernando

Fernando 16 months ago

Solved that issue and was able to make it work! Tks for the great post!

On Reem's issue "95 Bad Distribution": doing the "Asterisk start" on etc/asterisk solved the issue for me. Rgs

Fernando

MrMintanet 15 months ago

Perhaps you could use some pastebin or code type boxes? Just a suggestion. It's a bit confusing for someone who is a novice to CLI.

ferragamo 15 months ago

hello, thank you so much for this site it really helps me a lot. May God Bless YOU Always & YOur family TOo...

from: ferragamo

Clarke 15 months ago

Hi, just came across your site, and enjoyed the simplicity. I will be trying this install, but had to comment after ready such great reviews. thanks for the great work, keep it up. After my system is up and running, I will update you all.

Sagar 12 months ago

@Fernando , How did you resolve the "no input files were found" error.I am facing the same issue.

xhavick 8 months ago

Great! thanks a lot but i have an issue, when y call between extensions 1000 and 1001 (using the examples) the server replyes

[Sep 26 15:11:48] NOTICE[16115]: chan_sip.c:14033 handle_request_invite: Call from '1001' to extension '1000' rejected because extension not found.

how can i resolve this any ideas?

Deepak 7 months ago

@xhavick, The lines for the context,

[internal]

exten=> _XXXX,1,Dial(SIP/${EXTEN})

should be added in the file extensions.conf instead of sip.conf.

This should resolve the issue.

Teresa 5 months ago

Hello all, how can i hide my cli?

Casey Strouse 3 months ago

These days you're better off installing something like Trixbox to get an Asterisk system up and running. I know a lot of hardcore phone guys that do high-end consulting and swear by Trixbox vs. configuring your system the old way via text files.

supergirl 3 months ago

1) http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/libpri

is not working... is there an alternative?????????

2) 3- in /usr/src/zaptel-1.4.12.1 when I try "make" I get errors like:

/usr/src/zaptel-1.4.12.1/kernel/ztdummy.c:202: error: ‘struct hrtimer’ has no member named ‘expires’

make[3]: *** [/usr/src/zaptel-1.4.12.1/kernel/ztdummy.o] Error 1

make[2]: *** [_module_/usr/src/zaptel-1.4.12.1/kernel] Error 2

make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.31-21-generic'

make[1]: *** [modules] Error 2

make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/zaptel-1.4.12.1'

make: *** [all] Error 2

supergirl 3 months ago

tell me the solution of above mentioned problem

regards..

James 2 months ago

Casey, I totally disagree, having run Asterisk for many businesses (including my own) I can say that installing a minimal install of Linux (CentOS or Ubuntu work will) with and building your own config files will give you a more stable system than a GUI install.

@supergirl - Supergirl, try following this guide for Asterisk 10 on Ubuntu http://linuxmoz.com/ubuntu-asterisk-10-install-gui

@Teresa - Teresa if you start asterisk as a service you don't need to have the Asterisk console open (CLI). To do this type:

sudo /etc/init.d/asterisk restart

If it fails to start follow the guide in the link I posted above, hope that helps you two out :)