I have been spending some time to make Asterisk 1.8 working on Dockstar for using gtalk. It is all done now. Actually its installation is not very difficult for people willing to do some compilation. However, it will be more convenient and time-saving to generate a .deb file for semi automated installation without compiling. Based on what I found here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2356, the process can be very simple. All you need to do is to do "apt-get install checkinstall" and then install Asterisk 1.8 as usual (e.g.,
http://forums.plugpbx.org/index.php/topic,247.0.html and
http://forum.doozan.com/read.php?2,1647,4060#msg-4060). After doing the make of Asterisk 1.8, just do a "checkinstall" instead of a "make install". You will get Asterisk 1.8 installed and get a .deb file that can be used for install Asterisk 1.8 on other Dockstars without any compiling. I tested it out and it works. However, there are a couple things I don't how to do yet and maybe someone can help.
The main issue is that the Asterisk 1.8 installed using the .deb file does not install the .conf files in /etc/asterisk/directory and the asterisk file in /etc/init.d/ directory. What I did was manually copy these files generated by "make samples" and "make config" in normal installation process. Thus, I need to do Can I let the .deb file copy these files directly? (Assume these files have been generated.) In addition, a few library files are needed. These can be done by doing apt-get but it will also be nice if the .deb file can do it on its own.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/21/2011 06:03PM by twinclouds.