Build and Install FreePBX

This notes is based on Asterisk 11 and Freepbx 2.11.

1. Install dependencies

pear install db

cd /usr/src
wget https://iksemel.googlecode.com/files/iksemel-1.4.tar.gz
tar xf iksemel-1.4.tar.gz
cd iksemel-1.4
./configure
make
make install


2. Download Freepbx

cd /usr/src
svn co http://www.freepbx.org/v2/svn/freepbx/branches/2.11 freepbx
cd freepbx


3. Add Asterisk User

adduser asterisk -M -c "Asterisk User"
chown asterisk. /var/run/asterisk
chown -R asterisk. /etc/asterisk
chown -R asterisk. /var/{lib,log,spool}/asterisk
chown -R asterisk. /usr/lib/asterisk
mkdir /var/www/html
chown -R asterisk. /var/www/


4. Get more info on wiki.freepbx.org