FreeSWITCH is an open-source communication platform that enables users to build customized Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) applications. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install FreeSWITCH on the latest version of OpenSUSE.
Before we begin, make sure that you have:
Before installing FreeSWITCH, it is important to update your system packages to ensure that you have the latest security patches and bug fixes. To do that, open your terminal and type the following command:
sudo zypper update
Enter your sudo password when prompted and wait for the update to complete.
FreeSWITCH has many dependencies that must be installed before proceeding with the installation. To install the required dependencies, type the following command in your terminal:
sudo zypper install -y openssl-devel libxml2-devel zlib-devel ncurses-devel libcurl-devel speex-devel libedit-devel sqlite3-devel ldns-devel openssl10-devel gmp-devel lua51 lua51-devel
Enter your sudo password when prompted and wait for the dependencies to install.
OpenSUSE does not have FreeSWITCH listed in its official repositories. So, we need to add third-party repositories to install FreeSWITCH.
To add the repository, we first need to install the wget package using the following command:
sudo zypper install wget
Once the wget package is installed, we can add the repository by typing the following command:
sudo wget -O - https://files.freeswitch.org/repo/opensuse/freeswitch.repo | sudo tee /etc/zypp/repos.d/freeswitch.repo
After adding the repository, we need to update the repository cache to ensure that the latest version of FreeSWITCH is available for installation. To update the repository cache, type the following command:
sudo zypper refresh
Now that the repository and its cache have been updated, we can install FreeSWITCH using the following command:
sudo zypper install freeswitch
Enter your sudo password when prompted and wait for the installation to complete.
After installing FreeSWITCH, we need to configure it to start automatically on system boot. To do that, type the following command in your terminal:
sudo systemctl enable freeswitch
We will also need to start FreeSWITCH manually for the initial setup using the following command:
sudo systemctl start freeswitch
Congratulations! You have successfully installed FreeSWITCH on OpenSUSE latest. Now, you can use FreeSWITCH to build custom communication applications.
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