FreeSWITCH is an open-source communication platform designed to create voice and chat communications products. This tutorial explains how to install FreeSWITCH on MXLinux Latest. We will install FreeSWITCH from the official website https://freeswitch.org/.
Before starting with the installation process, ensure that you have the following requirements:
The first step is to ensure that your system is up to date. To do so, open your terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
Your system will now update to the latest version.
In this step, we will add the FreeSWITCH repository to your MXLinux Latest system using the following command:
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://files.freeswitch.org/repo/deb/debian/ stretch main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/freeswitch.list'
wget -O - https://files.freeswitch.org/repo/deb/debian/freeswitch_archive_g0.pub | sudo apt-key add -
Now that the FreeSWITCH repository is added, you will update the package list using:
sudo apt update
In this step, we will install the FreeSWITCH packages using the following command:
sudo apt install freeswitch-meta-all
You can also select specific modules or packages that you want to install by using the following command:
sudo apt install freeswitch-mod-* freeswitch-lang-*
After installing FreeSWITCH, verify that it is running using the following command:
sudo systemctl status freeswitch
If everything is working correctly, you will see the output ACTIVE (running) in the terminal.
In this tutorial, you have learned how to install FreeSWITCH on MXLinux Latest. FreeSWITCH is a powerful communication platform that you can use to develop your voice and chat communication applications.
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