Installing Asterisk

I'm trying to install Asterisk based on twinclouds guide here. In the guide he mentions the following

After opening utils.c do the following:
(1) Under the line:

#include asterisk/config.h
add the following line:

#define __arm__ 1

(2) Search for "__sparc__" and replace the line "#ifdef __sparc__" with:

#if defined(__sparc__) || defined(__arm__)
for two instances.

With regard to adding #define __arm__ 1 should I also add the # at the beginning? I thought it usualy means it's a comment.
Regarding the search for _sparc_ I can't find that anywhere in my utils.c under asterisk 1.8.9.2. The utils.c is attached below.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

P.S. @twinclouds, if you read this your post there lists apache as a asterisk dependency, you might want to delete it when in reality it's not needed as mentioned in another post somewhere on these forums.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/15/2012 08:07PM by lewy1.

Did you read the thread always to the end? You don't need to modify utils.c anymore.

Thanks. Sorry about that, I read the whole thread a long time ago and now just went to the first post.

OK, I got a new problem now. After running ./configure and selecting the modules I started compiling by running "make". I'm getting this error

Error: unknown architecture `arm'

Error: unrecognized option -march=arm
src/add.c:1: error: bad value (arm) for -march= switch
make[2]: *** [src/add.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [gsm/lib/libgsm.a] Error 2
make: *** [codecs] Error 2

A similar error is reported here.
I can't get it to work. (I'm on a POGO-E02).

On another note if someone has experience setting up freepbx with nginx I would appreciate some help since I can't find any guides explaining how to set it up.

Thanks

Did you do step 6?

6. Set proper compilation for ARM platform:
Code:
# vi makeopts.in
After opening the file, search for "PROC=" and change the line to be:
Code:
PROC=arm

Sure. I tried it both with arm and arm5tel.

@lewy1, funtoy1001:
I haven't tried it for a long time so I even didn't know there's no need to modify utils.c anymore. Thanks for pointing out.
Many of the packages in the dependency may not be needed. Besides apache, there're probably more. I just put a sufficient set, not necessary set. If you can put of a minumal necesary set. It will be great.
I will try to recompile once to see any changes will be needed, when get chance.

@twinclouds
Thanks. I'm still hoping for some help regarding the error I encountered when running the "make" command as posted above in post # 4.

I can't suggest a solution to lewy1, or even suggest anything to try, but I did build asterisk-1.8.9.2 earlier this week from source on a Pogo E02 without any problems, so I can attest that it is doable. I did not have to make any changes to utils.c. I also checked and found that the mod to channels/chan_gralk.c to pick up both "redirect" and "sta:redirect" had also been incorporated into the latest code. All I did was modify makeopts.in to sqawk "PROC=arm". (Not sure even that was necessary any more, but figured it wouldn't hurt.) I then ran ./configure, make menuconfig, make, and make install, copied the applicable config files from my prior invocation, and found it works fine.

I don't know what lewy1 is doing wrong. I can't even say if it is a configuration problem with asterisk, or with his tool chain, but I've been using the 1.8.9.2 asterisk for the past several days with Google Voice and it works fine.

restamp Wrote:
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> I can't suggest a solution to lewy1, or even
> suggest anything to try, but I did build
> asterisk-1.8.9.2 earlier this week from source on
> a Pogo E02 without any problems, so I can attest
> that it is doable. I did not have to make any
> changes to utils.c. I also checked and
> found that the mod to channels/chan_gralk.c
> to pick up both "redirect" and "sta:redirect" had
> also been incorporated into the latest code. All
> I did was modify makeopts.in to sqawk
> "PROC=arm". (Not sure even that was necessary any
> more, but figured it wouldn't hurt.) I then ran
> ./configure, make menuconfig,
> make, and make install, copied the
> applicable config files from my prior invocation,
> and found it works fine.
>
> I don't know what lewy1 is doing wrong. I can't
> even say if it is a configuration problem with
> asterisk, or with his tool chain, but I've been
> using the 1.8.9.2 asterisk for the past several
> days with Google Voice and it works fine.


Thanks for the info. I guess I'll try again from scratch.

I also built asterisk late Jan 2012 on my pogoplug pro using twinclouds' guide without problem. Don't remember the version I build but I do know I didn't modfiy utils.c. One thing I do know is if I deselect all the modules and only select only the ones twinclouds specified, the resulted binary does not work. The only way I can have a workable binary is not to deselect anything and make sure the ones mentioned by twinclouds are selected during the make menuconfig step. Some modules maybe built unnecessary but I don't know enough about asterisk to find out.

Absolutely, you will need all of the other default modules besides what I mentioned in the how to. Sorry if I didn't state clear enough.

I have modified the original post to reflect the changes in asterisk 1.8. I compiled 1.8.9.2 without patchs. The only change still needed is PROC=arm. I compiled it successfully with no problem at all.

Thanks to everyone here for the help. I just reinstalled from scratch and everything went without a hitch.

My next problem now. How do I install freepbx. The guide by twinclouds doesn't explain that part. The other guide at plugpbx uses the script from corenetworks which includes the installation of asterisk. How do I do this with the current asterisk installed.

EDIT: I think I'm going to start this as a new topic, hopefully I'll get some help.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/19/2012 11:13AM by lewy1.