Thanks... I actually did a ./configure --prefix=/root/asterisk18 and ended up with this:
r...@debian-squeeze:~/asterisk18# pwd /root/asterisk18 r...@debian-squeeze:~/asterisk18# ls -al total 32 drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Nov 19 18:09 . drwx------ 5 root root 4096 Nov 19 18:37 .. drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Nov 19 18:09 etc drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Nov 19 18:09 include drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Nov 19 18:09 lib drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 19 18:09 sbin drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Nov 19 18:09 share drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Nov 19 18:09 var Have I essentially accomplished the same thing by doing it this way? This is in a virtual machine alongside an Asterisk 1.6 install (for testing), I'm still a little gunshy to touch my production box as of yet..... but the 1.8 install did work, I was able to make a call to the demo context :) Thanks, Stephen On 11/19/10 10:13 PM, Jose P. Espinal wrote: > Hi Stephen, > > That's what people do when building precompiled packages for certain > distros (along with a few more things). > > I use to do the following when building packages (with a few more options): > > ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc > make > make install DESTDIR=/my/destination/directory > > That would create the complete installation structure under > '/my/destination/directory' > > > Regards, > > > > Stephen Brown wrote: >> I'd like to start playing with 1.8, however I don't want to potentially >> damage anything on my existing 1.6.2 install on my production server. >> >> I'd like to test 1.8 against my existing configs leaving my 1.6.2 >> install untouched. Looking at the output of ./configure --help suggests >> that it's possible to install Asterisk into another prefix of my >> choosing, but as this is unfamiliar territory to me I'm not exactly sure >> how to accomplish this? >> >> Ideally, I'd like to just dump the newly compiled 1.8 and all it's >> dependencies into a standalone directory (say /testing/asterisk or >> something) and update my init script to point to the new binaries. I >> also run a Sangoma USB FXO card and DAHDI for a POTS line that I would >> like to test as well, should it work with the pre-compiled binaries that >> are already there? (DAHDI, etc) >> >> I've never tried this before, and before I potentially break something >> I'd like to know if it's possible and how to implement it? >> >> Thanks, >> Stephen >> >> >> -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
