I had that problem, but apt-get install did the trick. On Tuesday 31 August 2004 02:53 pm, Huddleston, Robert wrote: > I've been having troubles compiling in the openh323 on both redhat and > debian... one of the biggest problems I had w/ Debian is it couldn't find > alot of libraries like termcap etc... > Has anyone else ran into these problems? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Jackson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 10:31 AM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] which distro for asterisk? > > > I'm using it on Debian Stable (Woody), works great, using it with the > backports.org 2.6.7-1-686-smp kernel, zaptel drivers compile fine with > their headers. I think it's all a matter of personal preference. I > prefer Debian, so I use it, use whatever you like best :) > > -Tim > > -----Original Message----- > From: Deon Rodden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 9:23 AM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] which distro for asterisk? > > We discussed this earlier and I believe the general consensus was that > it's personal choice. I've personally used Asterisk on Redhat 9.0, > Fedora Core 1 and Gentoo 2004.2 > > Each has required some minor securing and cleaning up, but Redhat/Fedora > > tended to need more "babying" as far as securing default configs and > speeding up certain things. But after a little bit of time with it, I > had it running efficient and Asterisk loved it. The main problem I found > > with Redhat/Fedora was the default kernel, the sources are all messed up > > and the zaptel/libpri drivers didn't compile quite right. I simply > downloaded the latest kernel, compiled it (and set it to my specific > hardware to conserve memory) and libpri/zaptel compiled fine. > > Personally I'm now using Gentoo. What I did with Gentoo was "emerge > asterisk-0.9.0" or whatever, and it handled all the dependencies for > more. When I was done with that, I did a "emerge cvs" and once I had cvs > > I downloaded, compiled and upgraded to the latest > libpri/zaptel/asterisk, just did a make upgrade. Gentoo tends to be a > faster OS and more efficient with resources, it gives you bare minimum. > Which sometimes is good, for security and such, but also a pain when it > comes to standard interaction. ie by default they don't include "ftp" or > > "telnet" and "traceroute" just commands I'm used to having, nothing I > can't emerge though. > > In the end, it's personal choice. For now I've gone with Gentoo. > Asterisk really isn't that resource intensive, it seems to like memory a > > lot, but other than that I don't see it putting heavy loads on my > systems, and the speed difference between two identical machines, one > with with Fedora Core 1 and one with Gentoo, is almost imperceivable > when it comes to working with Asterisk, (ie, the IVR and playback of > messages, and interacting with the voicemail system, etc.). > > Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > >Hi > > > >I want to play a bit with Asterisk. I currentlly install a new system > >for that and I would like to get your recommendations regarding the > >linux distro to use there. > > > >This is NOT intended to become a general distro flame war. My favorite > >distro is ******** and no argument that you flame will convince me here > >(probably because I've heard it before). > > > >However I would like to minimize the OS maintinance task. I really > >wouldn't like to start worrying about upgrading sshd due to some stupid > >secuirty hole, and to worry what will it break on my system. I expect > > my > > >distro to do that for me. > > > >I'd also like to have solid astrisk packages that won't break > >unnecessarily when the sshd package is updated next time. Hopefully > > also > > >some sort of integration of zaptel in the distro's kernel package. > > > >I saw numerous complaints about "unofficial" RPM packages of asterisk. > >Besides them, the following free distros include asterisk packages: > > > >1. Debian: http://packages.debian.org/asterisk . > >2. Gentoo: Current package seems to be version 0.9.0 from 10-May-2004 > >3. The DAG repository for RH/Fedora: > > http://dag.wieers.com/packages/asterisk/ > > > >I have some experince with Debian, Mandrake and RedHat/Fedora. I'm > >unfamiliar with Gentoo and I have no good/bad experince with DAG > >packages with respect to quality and stability. > > > >Any recommendations, relevant experince and other learned opinions? > > > >thx > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
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