How to Install SIPCAPTURE Homer on OpenSUSE Latest

SIPCAPTURE Homer is an open-source VoIP and RTC monitoring and troubleshooting tool. It provides advanced features for SIP and RTP packet capture, analysis, and storage. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install SIPCAPTURE Homer on OpenSUSE Latest.

Prerequisites

• A server or computer with OpenSUSE Latest installed.
• A user account with sudo privileges.
• A working internet connection.

Step 1: Install Required Packages

Before we start, we need to install some required packages that are needed to install SIPCAPTURE Homer. Open the terminal and run the following command to install required packages.

sudo zypper install git gcc make cmake libcurl-devel libgnutls-devel libgcrypt-devel libxml2-devel libsqlite3-devel libmariadb-devel libasan5 libubsan1 libatomic1 libstdc++6 libgcc_s1 libevent-devel libpcap-devel libnet-devel

It may take some time to install all the required packages depending on your internet speed.

Step 2: Download SIPCAPTURE Homer Source Code

Once we have installed all the required packages, we can proceed with the installation of SIPCAPTURE Homer. Open the terminal and run the following command to download the source code from the official repository.

git clone https://github.com/sipcapture/homer.git

It will download the SIPCAPTURE Homer source code to your current directory.

Step 3: Build and Install SIPCAPTURE Homer

Now, we need to build and install SIPCAPTURE Homer on our system. Go to the SIPCAPTURE Homer source code directory using the following command.

cd homer

Once you are inside the SIPCAPTURE Homer source code directory, run the following commands one by one to build and install SIPCAPTURE Homer.

./bootstrap.sh
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/homer
make
sudo make install

It may take some time to complete the installation process depending on your system performance.

Step 4: Start SIPCAPTURE Homer

After the installation is complete, we can start SIPCAPTURE Homer using the following command.

sudo /usr/local/homer/bin/sipcapture-homer

SIPCAPTURE Homer will start running, and you can access it using your browser by entering the IP address of your server followed by port 80 or 9080.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed SIPCAPTURE Homer on your OpenSUSE Latest system. You can now use SIPCAPTURE Homer to monitor and troubleshoot VoIP and RTC networks.

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