Upgrading Asterisk from 1.4.23 to 1.6
What does upgrading Asterisk involve? Is it a relatively easy process or am I going to have to go through a bunch of flaming hoops to get it running again? I am relatively a newb to linux and asterisk.
My main reason for upgrading is for T.38 support. Any suggestions or thoughts on that as well, would be appreciated. Thanks!
My main reason for upgrading is for T.38 support. Any suggestions or thoughts on that as well, would be appreciated. Thanks!
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It isn't necessary to uninstall the old version first. There is no indication of this, neither in the files that come with the tarball, nor in reports on their forum. In fact, instruction files like "upgrade-1.6.txt" would be pointless if you had to uninstall first.
Point of views. I prefer to start always from a blank sheet, instead of slotting side by side different versions that may share the same places to put their own libraries
Just want to comment on the idea of uninstalling / versus in place upgrade....
I ran into a show stopper issue with the version changes when DHADI was implemented over zaptel in version 1.4.23
Whether or not you do an inplace upgrade of Asterisk... you definitely should remove Zaptel if you are using it, before going to DAHDI. Asterisk 1.6 only supports DAHDI, wherease 1.4.23 supports both...
Most experienced linux/Asterisk admins will know this, but the newbies probably will not...and will find out the hard way.
I ran into a show stopper issue with the version changes when DHADI was implemented over zaptel in version 1.4.23
Whether or not you do an inplace upgrade of Asterisk... you definitely should remove Zaptel if you are using it, before going to DAHDI. Asterisk 1.6 only supports DAHDI, wherease 1.4.23 supports both...
Most experienced linux/Asterisk admins will know this, but the newbies probably will not...and will find out the hard way.
meant to post this link...
http://www.slideshare.net/david.motta/upgrade-zaptel-to-dahdi
http://www.slideshare.net/david.motta/upgrade-zaptel-to-dahdi
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Thank you xuserx2000. I will keep it in mind, but for now I only use SIP. Good info though, for anyone browsing the questions.
"Study the README file, the "upgrade-1.6.txt" and the "Zaptel-to-DAHDI.txt" that are contained in this tarball."
That's a quote from my comment above. The information about Zaptel, DAHDI, and the way from one to the other is being described in the last text file referenced. Those Readmes are supposed to be studied prior to installation, and I hope that was clear from what and how I said it.
Reading carefully and making sure to understand what one reads is actually the first thing a "newbie" will have to learn about admin stuff and linux in general in order to avoid the "hard way" ;)
That's a quote from my comment above. The information about Zaptel, DAHDI, and the way from one to the other is being described in the last text file referenced. Those Readmes are supposed to be studied prior to installation, and I hope that was clear from what and how I said it.
Reading carefully and making sure to understand what one reads is actually the first thing a "newbie" will have to learn about admin stuff and linux in general in order to avoid the "hard way" ;)
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