# Failure to load module opus

**URL:** <https://community.asterisk.org/t/failure-to-load-module-opus/87340>\
**Category:** Asterisk Support\
**Created:** [January 30, 2021, 9:47am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/failure-to-load-module-opus/87340 "2021-01-30T09:47:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Pbxuser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c77e96/32.png) [@Pbxuser](https://community.asterisk.org/u/Pbxuser)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2021, 9:47am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/failure-to-load-module-opus/87340/1 "2021-01-30T09:47:59Z")

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I tried to load opex but i get the following error message.

```auto
[Jan 30 10:30:07] ERROR[4995]: loader.c:2249 load_modules: Error loading module 'codec_opus.so': /usr/lib/asterisk/modules/codec_opus.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

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**Author:** ![david551](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@david551](https://community.asterisk.org/u/david551)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2021, 10:18am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/failure-to-load-module-opus/87340/2 "2021-01-30T10:18:29Z")

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codec\_opus doesn’t appear to be part of the standard distribution of Asterisk! How did you install it? Are you sure this forum is the correct support channel for what you installed?

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**Author:** ![Pbxuser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c77e96/32.png) [@Pbxuser](https://community.asterisk.org/u/Pbxuser)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2021, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/failure-to-load-module-opus/87340/3 "2021-01-30T18:16:33Z")

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I understand everything clearly, of course I can recompile asterisk with opus, but I thought that with the many modules that are installed, opus is also there …

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**Author:** ![jcolp](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/asterisk/user_avatar/community.asterisk.org/jcolp/32/8848_2.png) [@jcolp](https://community.asterisk.org/u/jcolp)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2021, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/failure-to-load-module-opus/87340/4 "2021-01-30T18:22:28Z")

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The codec\_opus module is not included by default and requires selecting it in menuselect, in order to have a binary downloaded and installed.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/asterisk/original/2X/4/475d0c889911cfb84ac4881ad6df8b523e3f9105.png) [@system](https://community.asterisk.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/failure-to-load-module-opus/87340/5 "2021-03-01T18:23:13Z")

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