Compiling Asterisk 1.4.2 with h323

Asterisk Asterisk Support
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my apologies for the question but could you point me in the proper direction as where to start on installing asterisk 1.4.2 and making h323 native to it?

resources/tutorial/howto’s would be appreciated as well.

many thanks.

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good point to start:
asterisk-1.4.2/channels/h323/README

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thanks for the reply

yes i have looked into it and compiled the versions specified by the file. but when i enter the channels/h323 directory and issue a ‘make opt’ command all i get is a ‘No rule to make for target opt’. any ideas what might cause this or any thing that i have not done prior to running this command. both pwlib and open h323 compiled without problems. i have also specified both PWLIBIDIR and OPENH323DIR.

thanks…

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You should never specify PWLIBDIR/OPENH323DIR directly. Instead, use configure script to detect OpenH323/PWLib libraries, then everything should go flawlessy.

WBR,
Paul.

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hi,

thanks for your reply…may i know what you meant on your reply? how should i set PWLIBDIR and OPENH323DIR? can you provide an example? thanks…

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  1. If you built libopenh323/libpwlib from sources
    Go to Asterisk source directory, then execute
    (export PWLIBDIR=/usr/src/OpenH323/pwlib; export OPENH323DIR=/usr/src/OpenH323/openh323; ./configure)

I assumed that all H.323-related stuff located under /usr/src/OpenH323 directory. Also, do not forget to add directories
/usr/src/OpenH323/pwlib/lib
/usr/src/OpenH323/openh323/lib
to your /etc/ld.so.conf then run ldconfig after you built your pwlib/openh323 to make dynamic loader to know about the libraries.

  1. In case you use binary packages comes with your distribution
    Just go to Asterisk source directory and execute
    ./configure

It should be able to locate the libraries, verify that their versions are compatible with chan_h323 and produce valid building environment settings for chan_h323.

In case configure script is unable to locate the libraries, open a bug at bugs.digium.com, and we will handle this case. Be ready to provide list of directories where libraries are installed and list of content of those directories.