Asterisk on linux

vim /etc/apt/source.list

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free
apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r` libc6-dev zlib1g-dev bison openssl libssl-dev libasound2 libasound2-dev libslang2-dev libnewt-dev libncurses5-dev binutils cpp-4.1 gcc-4.1 libstdc++6-4.1-dev g++ make libpq5 libapr1 libexpat1 libaprutil1 libxml2 fxload libusb-dev libiksemel-dev zlib-bin libc6-dev libbluetooth2-dev libxml2-dev

Downloading necessary packages: LIBPRI, DAHDI, AND ASTERISK

wget http://www.asterisk.org/downloads/asterisk/releases/asterisk-1.6.2-current.tar.gz

wget http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/libpri/releases/libpri-1.4.11.3.tar.gz

wget http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/dahdi-linux-complete/releases/dahdi-linux-complete-2.3.0.1+2.3.0.tar.gz

Libpri Installation

tar -xvzf libpri-1.4.11.3.tar.gz

cd libpri-1.4.11.3

./configure && make && make install

Dahdi Installation

tar -xvzf dahdi-linux-complete-2.3.0.1+2.3.0.tar.gz

cd dahdi-linux-complete-2.3.0.1+2.3.0

./configure && make && make install && make config

Asterisk Installation

tar -xvzf asterisk-1.6.2-current.tar.gz

cd asterisk-1.6.2.11/

make clean && ./configure && make && make install && make config && make samples

asterisk

now port 2000 will be up.

we can enter asterisk console by typing

asterisk -r