# Problem installing AsteriskNOW. CentOS installed only

**URL:** <https://community.asterisk.org/t/problem-installing-asterisknow-centos-installed-only/36557>\
**Category:** Asterisk Support\
**Created:** [September 4, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/problem-installing-asterisknow-centos-installed-only/36557 "2011-09-04T17:41:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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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:** [September 4, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/problem-installing-asterisknow-centos-installed-only/36557/1 "2011-09-04T17:41:14Z")

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Hello:

I just downloaded Asterisk: AsteriskNOW-1.7.1-x86\_64.

I mounted it with VMplayer. The problem is that the image is installing CentOS only. The manual says that I should be presented with some AsteriskNow menu. That doesn’t happens. In the end, CentOs CLI is presented. The CLI doesn’t recongize the asterisk -r command(I input it as root), don’t recognize the service command either. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks for your help.

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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:** [September 4, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/problem-installing-asterisknow-centos-installed-only/36557/2 "2011-09-04T18:06:35Z")

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I installed again bypassing VMware “easy install” and it worked.

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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:** [September 16, 2011, 11:20am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/problem-installing-asterisknow-centos-installed-only/36557/3 "2011-09-16T11:20:05Z")

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Hi. How do you bypass the easy install from VM player. I’ve got the same problem. Mounted Asterisk now.iso image but cant bypass easy install.

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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:** [October 11, 2011, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/problem-installing-asterisknow-centos-installed-only/36557/4 "2011-10-11T21:55:59Z")

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This is the most forum info I’ve found about install AsteriskNow on Vmware. Was there ever a resolution to your question?  
PatrickAZ