How to install asterisk

Hi,
I’m and newbie in using asterisk. I have an asterisk-1.2.5.tar. I have transferred it on my linux fedora core 4. My problem is how to install the asterisk. Do I have to compile it on C language?Are there any special things to do about it.Does anyone have a procedure for installing asterisk. I have already make a tar xvf on the tar. I have extracted on /usr/src. But what am I going to do next?Please help, thanks.

Regards,
A

this should help you

voip-info.org/wiki/index.php … ation+tips