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Chapter 2: Card Installation

Installing Asterisk

If you wish to use Asterisk with your new hardware, you can follow the

instructions below. If you are using the 1.2.x series of Asterisk and Zaptel,

you will need Asterisk 1.2.26 or newer, and Zaptel 1.2.23 or newer. If you

are using the 1.4.x series of Asterisk and Zaptel, you will need Asterisk

1.4.17 or newer and Zaptel 1.4.8 or newer.

1. Download the latest released version of Asterisk, either 1.2.26 (or

later), or 1.4.17 (or later). Asterisk can be downloaded via http from

http://downloads.digium.com/pub/telephony/asterisk

2. Expand the downloaded tarballs. Substitute the version of Asterisk

you are using with the X.X in the command lines below.

# tar -zxvf asterisk-1.X.X.tar.gz

# cd asterisk-1.X.X/

# make clean

# ./configure (applies to 1.4.X only)

# make menuselect (appies to 1.4.X only if you wish

to customize the install)

# make

# make install

If the build fails, it may be because you are missing one of the build

dependencies, the kernel source, or development tools. Feel free to

contact your reseller where the card was purchased, or call Digium

Technical Support at 1.256.428.6161 for assistance.

Note: Complete instructions for installing Asterisk are available at