Installing and configuring DAHDI - Revision history

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 The Debian package ''libpri1.0'' (and by extension these files) can coexist with a vanilla ''libpri'', as long as it's not an 1.0.x ''libpri''.</small>
-==DAHDI installation==
+==DAHDI driver installation==
 ==DAHDI tools installation==
 ==Testing your DAHDI drivers==

Saruman!: /* libpri configuration/installation */ updated

2011-04-05T07:49:25Z

libpri configuration/installation: updated

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	==''libpri'' configuration/installation==		==''libpri'' configuration/installation==
	Asterisk needs the ''libpri'' package; primarily to handle digital telephony cards (T1/E1/ISDN-cards), but also for some other functions (although currently I don't know which ones :-). However, even if you don't need the files, they do you absolutely no harm, and waste only a handful of mebibytes of storage space. Thus we'd recommend installing it even if you don't have digital telephony cards (yet).		Asterisk needs the ''libpri'' package; a "primary rate ISDN specification library". This is primarily to handle digital telephony cards (T1/E1/ISDN-cards), but also for some other functions (although currently I don't know which ones :-). However, even if you don't need the files, they do you absolutely no harm, and waste only a handful of mebibytes of storage space. Thus we'd recommend installing it even if you don't have digital telephony cards (yet).

	In Debian 5.0 "Lenny", the ~~packages~~ is named ''libpri1.0'' and it can be installed using ''apt-get''. However, it's very easy to install the latest & greatest straight from the ~~[http://www.asterisk.org/ Asterisk~~ website].		In Debian 5.0 "Lenny", the package is named ''libpri1.0'' and it can be installed using ''apt-get''. However, it's very easy to install the latest & greatest straight from the Digium website.

	===Obtaining and preparing ''libpri''===		===Obtaining and preparing ''libpri''===
	To obtain ''libpri'', simply download the latest version from the ~~Asterisk website. At the time of writing, the most recent version of ''libpri'' could be found at the Asterisk~~ [http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/libpri/ ~~download site~~]~~; you~~'ll want to get both the actual software ''libpri-1.4-current.tar.gz'' and the accompanying readme ''README-1.4-current''. Mind you, the website also provides these same files as fully-version-numbered files (something like ''libpri-1.4.11.2.tar.gz'' and ''README-1.4.11.2''). However, a link to these files would get stale pretty fast. Mind you: if you need an older release, or if there are newer "major" releases, you could replace the 1.4 part of ''libpri-1.4-current.tar.gz'' for the designation of that release, e.g. ''libpri-1.2-current.tar.gz'' for the latest version of the older 1.2 release.		To obtain ''libpri'', simply download the latest version from the [http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/libpri/ Digium website]. You'll want to get both the actual software ''libpri-1.4-current.tar.gz'' and the accompanying readme ''README-1.4-current''. Mind you, the website also provides these same files as fully-version-numbered files (something like ''libpri-1.4.11.5.tar.gz'' and ''README-1.4.11.5''). However, a link to these files would get stale pretty fast. Mind you: if you need an older release, or if there are newer "major" releases, you could replace the 1.4 part of ''libpri-1.4-current.tar.gz'' for the designation of that release, e.g. ''libpri-1.2-current.tar.gz'' for the latest version of the older 1.2 release.

	Thus we could get the software, and extract it in ''/usr/src'' using something akin to the following commands:		Thus we could get the software, and extract it in ''/usr/src'' using something akin to the following commands:

Saruman!: updated libpri section

2010-06-20T19:02:50Z

updated libpri section

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 ==Installation overview==
-==LIBPRI configuration/installation==
+==''libpri'' configuration/installation==
-Asterisk needs the ''libpri'' package; not only to handle digital telephony cards (ISDN-cards), but also for some other functions (although currently I don't know which ones :-). Before installing Asterisk, you could start by installing this package. In Debian 5.0 "Lenny", the packages is named ''libpri1.0'' and it can be installed using ''apt-get''. However, it's very easy to install the latest & greatest straight from the [http://www.asterisk.org/ Asterisk website].
+Asterisk needs the ''libpri'' package; primarily to handle digital telephony cards (T1/E1/ISDN-cards), but also for some other functions (although currently I don't know which ones :-). However, even if you don't need the files, they do you absolutely no harm, and waste only a handful of mebibytes of storage space. Thus we'd recommend installing it even if you don't have digital telephony cards (yet).
-===Obtaining and preparing libpri===
+In Debian 5.0 "Lenny", the packages is named ''libpri1.0'' and it can be installed using ''apt-get''. However, it's very easy to install the latest & greatest straight from the [http://www.asterisk.org/ Asterisk website].
 ===Compiling and installing libpri===
-===Files and updating
+===Files and updating===
 After installation, you'll find that ''/usr/lib'' contains 3 entries:
 # the actual module ''libpri.so.1.4'';
 # a symlink to this module, called ''libpri.so''
 # static library file ''libpri.a''
-Updating is as simple as recompiling a new version, which will overwrite these three files; if you don't need ''libpri'' any more, simply delete the three files.
+Furthermore, there's a single file in ''/usr/include'':
 <small>For reference, the Debian ''libpri1.0'' package contains<br>

Saruman!: started libpri1.4

2010-06-19T18:52:35Z

started libpri1.4

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==Installation overview==

==LIBPRI configuration/installation==
Asterisk needs the ''libpri'' package; not only to handle digital telephony cards (ISDN-cards), but also for some other functions (although currently I don't know which ones :-). Before installing Asterisk, you could start by installing this package. In Debian 5.0 "Lenny", the packages is named ''libpri1.0'' and it can be installed using ''apt-get''. However, it's very easy to install the latest & greatest straight from the [http://www.asterisk.org/ Asterisk website].

===Obtaining and preparing libpri===

===Compiling and installing libpri===

===Files and updating
After installation, you'll find that ''/usr/lib'' contains 3 entries:
# the actual module ''libpri.so.1.4'';
# a symlink to this module, called ''libpri.so''
# static library file ''libpri.a''
Updating is as simple as recompiling a new version, which will overwrite these three files; if you don't need ''libpri'' any more, simply delete the three files.

For reference, the Debian ''libpri1.0'' package contains 
- module ''libpri.so.1.0'' 
- a symlink to this module, called ''libpri.so.1'' 
- ''libpri-bristuffed.so.1.0'' 
- a symlink to this module, called ''libpri-bristuffed.so.1''
The Debian package ''libpri1.0'' (and by extension these files) can coexist with a vanilla ''libpri'', as long as it's not an 1.0.x ''libpri''.

==DAHDI installation==

==DAHDI tools installation==

==Testing your DAHDI drivers==