Asterisk is an open source communication system used for creating telephony applications such as VoIP, conference systems, call centers and more. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Asterisk on Linux Mint.
Before we start, make sure your Linux Mint system is up to date and you have sudo privileges.
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt upgrade
We need to install some dependencies for Asterisk to work correctly. Run the following command to install them.
$ sudo apt-get install build-essential wget libssl-dev libncurses5-dev libnewt-dev libxml2-dev linux-headers-$(uname -r) libsqlite3-dev uuid-dev
Download the latest version of Asterisk from their official website.
$ wget http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/asterisk-18-current.tar.gz
Extract the downloaded file.
$ tar -zxvf asterisk-18-current.tar.gz
Navigate to the extracted directory.
$ cd asterisk-18.0.0
Run the configure file to prepare the build process.
$ ./configure --with-jansson-bundled
Once the configuration is completed, run the following command to start the installation process.
$ make
After the installation, run the following command to install Asterisk.
$ sudo make install
Asterisk is now installed on your system, and you can start it using the following command.
$ sudo asterisk -vvvvvvvvv
This was a simple tutorial on how to install Asterisk on Linux Mint. You can now use Asterisk to create telephony applications such as VoIP, conference systems, call centers, and more. Try it out and have fun!
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