FreeSWITCH is a robust and scalable open-source telephony platform. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install FreeSWITCH on POP! OS Latest.
Before installing FreeSWITCH on POP! OS Latest, make sure to have the following prerequisites on your system:
Before installing any software on your system, it is essential to keep the system up-to-date. So, start by updating the system using the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
The FreeSWITCH installation requires various dependencies, including build-essential, autoconf, automake, libtool, git, and many others. You can install all the necessary dependencies using the following command:
sudo apt install build-essential autoconf automake libtool git zlib1g-dev libjpeg-dev libsqlite3-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libpcre3-dev libspeexdsp-dev libldns-dev libedit-dev liblua5.2-dev libopus-dev libsndfile1-dev libssl-dev libperl-dev libncurses5-dev libpq-dev -y
FreeSWITCH offers two ways to download the source code, either download the source code from their website or clone the Git repository. In this tutorial, we will clone the Git repository.
To clone the Git repository, use the following command:
sudo cd /usr/src/
sudo git clone https://github.com/signalwire/freeswitch.git
Note: The above command will download the latest source code of FreeSWITCH.
After downloading the FreeSWITCH source code, go to the FreeSWITCH directory and start the build process using the following command:
sudo cd freeswitch
sudo ./bootstrap.sh
sudo ./configure
sudo make && sudo make install
Note: The installation process may take a few minutes.
To test the FreeSWITCH installation, run the following command:
sudo /usr/local/freeswitch/bin/freeswitch
The above command will start the FreeSWITCH daemon. If everything is working correctly, you will see the following output in the console:
2022-01-01 14:45:38.124746 [NOTICE] switch_core.c:1592 FreeSWITCH Version 1.11.0+git~20220101T120701Z~8e735e0~64bit (git 8e735e0 2022-01-01 12:07:01Z 64bit) Starting
2022-01-01 14:45:38.125738 [NOTICE] switch_core.c:1599 Max Sessions limited to 1000
2022-01-01 14:45:38.131457 [NOTICE] switch_core.c:1684 Adding 2.0.0.127.1/32 127.0.0.1/32 to switch_core whitelist
2022-01-01 14:45:38.132450 [NOTICE] switch_core.c:1684 Adding 2a01:7e00:e000:1::/64 to switch_core whitelist
2022-01-01 14:45:38.132450 [NOTICE] switch_core.c:1684 Adding 2.0.0.0/8 to switch_core blacklist
2022-01-01 14:45:38.133294 [NOTICE] switch_core.c:1684 Adding 10.0.0.0/8 to switch_core blacklist
2022-01-01 14:45:38.133294 [NOTICE] switch_core.c:1684 Adding 172.16.0.0/12 to switch_core blacklist
2022-01-01 14:45:38.133294 [NOTICE] switch_core.c:1684 Adding 192.168.0.0/16 to switch_core blacklist
2022-01-01 14:45:38.133294 [NOTICE] switch_core.c:1684 Adding fc00::/7 to switch_core blacklist
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In this tutorial, we have guided you through the steps to install FreeSWITCH on POP! OS Latest. FreeSWITCH should now be up and running on your system, allowing you to implement robust and scalable telephony applications.
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