How To Install Asterisk 16 LTS on Debian 11.3

Step 10: Run the configure script to build the dependencies by using the below command

root@linuxhelp:/usr/src/asterisk-16.27.0# ./configure 
checking build system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
 [pjproject]  Configuring with --prefix=/opt/pjproject --disable-speex-codec --disable-speex-aec --disable-bcg729 --disable-gsm-codec --disable-ilbc-codec --disable-l16-codec --disable-g722-codec --disable-g7221-codec --disable-opencore-amr --disable-silk --disable-opus --disable-video --disable-v4l2 --disable-sound --disable-ext-sound --disable-sdl --disable-libyuv --disable-ffmpeg --disable-openh264 --disable-ipp --disable-libwebrtc --without-external-pa --without-external-srtp --disable-resample --disable-g711-codec --enable-epoll
config.status: creating autoconfig.h
configure: Menuselect build configuration successfully completed

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Step 11: Setup the Menu option by using the below command

root@linuxhelp:/usr/src/asterisk-16.27.0# make menuselect
CC="cc" CXX="g++" LD="" AR="" RANLIB="" CFLAGS="" LDFLAGS="" make -C menuselect CONFIGURE_SILENT="--silent" cmenuselect
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/asterisk-16.23.0/menuselect'
gcc -g -D_GNU_SOURCE -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations -DHAVE_NCURSES -I/usr/include/libxml2   -c -o menuselect.o menuselect.c
gcc -g -D_GNU_SOURCE -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations -DHAVE_NCURSES   -c -o strcompat.o strcompat.c
gcc -g -D_GNU_SOURCE -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations -DHAVE_NCURSES     -c -o menuselect_curses.o menuselect_curses.c
gcc  -o cmenuselect menuselect.o strcompat.o menuselect_curses.o -lncurses  -ltinfo  -lxml2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/asterisk-16.23.0/menuselect'
CC="cc" CXX="g++" LD="" AR="" RANLIB="" CFLAGS="" LDFLAGS="" make -C menuselect CONFIGURE_SILENT="--silent" nmenuselect
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/asterisk-16.23.0/menuselect'
gcc -g -D_GNU_SOURCE -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations -DHAVE_NCURSES    -c -o menuselect_newt.o menuselect_newt.c
gcc  -o nmenuselect menuselect.o strcompat.o menuselect_newt.o -lnewt  -lxml2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/asterisk-16.23.0/menuselect'
CC="cc" CXX="g++" LD="" AR="" RANLIB="" CFLAGS="" LDFLAGS="" make -C menuselect CONFIGURE_SILENT="--silent" gmenuselect
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/asterisk-16.23.0/menuselect'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for 'gmenuselect'.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/asterisk-16.23.0/menuselect'
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/asterisk-16.23.0'

Step 12: Mark the chan_ooh and format_mp3 on ADD-ons as shown in the below image

Step 13: Select the Audio format packages on core sound packages as shown in the below image

Step 14: Select the Minimal Modules on Music on Hold as shown in the below image

Step 15: Select the following packages on Extra sound packages as shown in the below image

Step 16: Select the app_macro on Applications as shown in the below image

Step 17: Build Asterisk by running make by using the below command

root@linuxhelp:/usr/src/asterisk-16.27.0# make
   [CC] astcanary.c -> astcanary.o
   [LD] astcanary.o -> astcanary
   [CC] astdb2sqlite3.c -> astdb2sqlite3.o
   [CC] hash/hash.c -> hash/hash.o
   [CC] hash/hash_bigkey.c -> hash/hash_bigkey.o
   [CC] hash/hash_buf.c -> hash/hash_buf.o
   [CC] hash/hash_func.c -> hash/hash_func.o
   [CC] hash/hash_log2.c -> hash/hash_log2.o
   [CC] hash/hash_page.c -> hash/hash_page.o
   [CC] hash/ndbm.c -> hash/ndbm.o
   [CC] btree/bt_search.c -> btree/bt_search.o
   [CC] btree/bt_seq.c -> btree/bt_seq.o
   [LD] format_mp3.o mp3/common.o mp3/dct64_i386.o mp3/decode_ntom.o mp3/layer3.o mp3/tabinit.o mp3/interface.o -> format_mp3.so
Building Documentation For: third-party channels pbx apps codecs formats cdr cel bridges funcs tests main res addons 

 +--------- Asterisk Build Complete ---------+
 + Asterisk has successfully been built, and +
 + can be installed by running:              +
 +                                           +
 +                make install               +
 +-------------------------------------------+

Step 18: After build run make to install Asterisk by using the below command

root@linuxhelp:/usr/src/asterisk-16.27.0# make install
Installing modules from channels...
Installing modules from pbx...
Installing modules from apps...
Installing modules from codecs...
Installing modules from formats...
Installing modules from cdr...
Installing modules from cel...
Installing modules from bridges...
Installing modules from funcs...
Installing modules from tests...
Installing modules from main...
Installing modules from res...
Installing modules from addons...
/usr/bin/install -c -d "/usr/include/asterisk/doxygen"
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 include/asterisk.h "/usr/include"
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 include/asterisk/*.h "/usr/include/asterisk"
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 include/asterisk/doxygen/*.h "/usr/include/asterisk/doxygen"
if [ -n "" ]; then \
	for h in ; do rm -f "/usr/include/asterisk/$h"; done \
fi
/usr/bin/install -c -m 755 contrib/scripts/astversion "/usr/sbin/"
/usr/bin/install -c -m 755 contrib/scripts/astgenkey "/usr/sbin/"
/usr/bin/install -c -m 755 contrib/scripts/autosupport "/usr/sbin/"
if [ ! -f /sbin/launchd ]; then \
	./build_tools/install_subst contrib/scripts/safe_asterisk "/usr/sbin/safe_asterisk"; \
fi
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 doc/core-*.xml "/var/lib/asterisk/documentation"
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 doc/appdocsxml.xslt "/var/lib/asterisk/documentation"
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 doc/appdocsxml.dtd "/var/lib/asterisk/documentation"
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 doc/asterisk.8 "/usr/share/man/man8"
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 doc/astdb*.8 "/usr/share/man/man8"
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 contrib/scripts/astgenkey.8 "/usr/share/man/man8"
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 contrib/scripts/autosupport.8 "/usr/share/man/man8"
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 contrib/scripts/safe_asterisk.8 "/usr/share/man/man8"
if [ -f contrib/firmware/iax/iaxy.bin ] ; then \
	/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 contrib/firmware/iax/iaxy.bin "/var/lib/asterisk/firmware/iax/iaxy.bin"; \
fi
CFLAGS="  -I/usr/include/libxml2 -pipe -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations   -g3 " build_tools/mkpkgconfig "/usr/lib/pkgconfig";
find static-http | while read x; do \
	if test -d $x; then \
		/usr/bin/install -c -m 755 -d "/var/lib/asterisk/$x"; \
	else \
		/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 $x "/var/lib/asterisk/$x" ; \
	fi \
done
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 doc/core-en_US.xml "/var/lib/asterisk/static-http";
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 doc/appdocsxml.xslt "/var/lib/asterisk/static-http";
if [ -d doc/tex/asterisk ] ; then \
	/usr/bin/install -c -d "/var/lib/asterisk/static-http/docs" ; \
	for n in doc/tex/asterisk/* ; do \
		/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 $n "/var/lib/asterisk/static-http/docs" ; \
	done \
fi
for x in images/*.jpg; do \
	/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 $x "/var/lib/asterisk/images" ; \
Done




make -C sounds install
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/asterisk-16.23.0/sounds'


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make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/asterisk-16.23.0/sounds'
find rest-api -name "*.json" | while read x; do \
	/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 $x "/var/lib/asterisk/rest-api" ; \
done
 +---- Asterisk Installation Complete -------+
 +                                           +
 +    YOU MUST READ THE SECURITY DOCUMENT    +
 +                                           +
 + Asterisk has successfully been installed. +
 + If you would like to install the sample   +
 + configuration files (overwriting any      +
 + existing config files), run:              +
 +                                           +
 + For generic reference documentation:      +
 +    make samples                           +
 +                                           +
 + For a sample basic PBX:                   +
 +    make basic-pbx                         +
 +                                           +
 +                                           +
 +-----------------  or ---------------------+
 +                                           +
 + You can go ahead and install the asterisk +
 + program documentation now or later run:   +
 +                                           +
 +               make progdocs               +
 +                                           +
 + **Note** This requires that you have      +
 + doxygen installed on your local system    +
 +-------------------------------------------+

Step 19: Install the samples by using the below command

root@linuxhelp:/usr/src/asterisk-16.27.0# make samples
Installing adsi config files...
/usr/bin/install -c -d "/etc/asterisk"
Installing configs/samples/asterisk.adsi
Installing configs/samples/telcordia-1.adsi
Installing other config files...
Installing file configs/samples/acl.conf.sample
Installing file configs/samples/adsi.conf.sample
Installing file configs/samples/agents.conf.sample
Installing file configs/samples/alarmreceiver.conf.sample
Installing file configs/samples/alsa.conf.sample
Installing file configs/samples/amd.conf.sample
Installing file configs/samples/app_mysql.conf.sample
Installing file configs/samples/app_skel.conf.sample
Installing file configs/samples/ari.conf.sample
Installing file configs/samples/ast_debug_tools.conf.sample
Installing file configs/samples/asterisk.conf.sample
Installing file configs/samples/calendar.conf.sample
Installing file configs/samples/ccss.conf.sample
Installing file configs/samples/indications.conf.sample
Installing file configs/samples/logger.conf.sample
Installing file configs/samples/manager.conf.sample
Installing file configs/samples/vpb.conf.sample
Installing file configs/samples/xmpp.conf.sample
Updating asterisk.conf
/usr/bin/install -c -d "/var/spool/asterisk/voicemail/default/1234/INBOX"
build_tools/make_sample_voicemail "//var/lib/asterisk" "//var/spool/asterisk"
Installing file phoneprov/000000000000.cfg
Installing file phoneprov/000000000000-directory.xml
Installing file phoneprov/000000000000-phone.cfg
Installing file phoneprov/polycom_line.xml
Installing file phoneprov/polycom.xml
Installing file phoneprov/snom-mac.xml

root@linuxhelp:/usr/src/asterisk-16.27.0# make config

root@linuxhelp:/usr/src/asterisk-16.27.0# ldconfig

root@linuxhelp:/usr/src/asterisk-16.27.0# sudo groupadd asterisk

root@linuxhelp:/usr/src/asterisk-16.27.0# sudo useradd -r -d /var/lib/asterisk -g asterisk asterisk

root@linuxhelp:/usr/src/asterisk-16.27.0# sudo usermod -aG audio,dialout asterisk

root@linuxhelp:/usr/src/asterisk-16.27.0# chown -R asterisk.asterisk /etc/asterisk
root@linuxhelp:/usr/src/asterisk-16.27.0# chown -R asterisk.asterisk /var/{lib,log,spool}/asterisk
root@linuxhelp:/usr/src/asterisk-16.27.0# chown -R asterisk.asterisk /usr/lib/asterisk

root@linuxhelp:/usr/src/asterisk-16.27.0# vim /etc/default/asterisk 

root@linuxhelp:/usr/src/asterisk-16.27.0# vim /etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf

root@linuxhelp:/usr/src/asterisk-16.27.0# systemctl restart asterisk

root@linuxhelp:/usr/src/asterisk-16.27.0# systemctl enable asterisk 
asterisk.service is not a native service, redirecting to systemd-sysv-install.
Executing: /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install enable asterisk

root@linuxhelp:/usr/src/asterisk-16.27.0# systemctl status asterisk
● asterisk.service - LSB: Asterisk PBX
     Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/asterisk; generated)
     Active: active (running) since Wed 2022-01-19 04:44:40 IST; 29s ago
       Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
      Tasks: 77 (limit: 2254)
     Memory: 114.7M
     CGroup: /system.slice/asterisk.service
             └─50939 /usr/sbin/asterisk -U asterisk -G asterisk

root@linuxhelp:/usr/src/asterisk-16.27.0# asterisk -rvv
Asterisk 16.23.0, Copyright (C) 1999 - 2021, Sangoma Technologies Corporation and others.
Created by Mark Spencer <markster@digium.com>
Asterisk comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; type 'core show warranty' for details.
This is free software, with components licensed under the GNU General Public
License version 2 and other licenses; you are welcome to redistribute it under
certain conditions. Type 'core show license' for details.
=========================================================================
Running as user 'asterisk'
Running under group 'asterisk'
Connected to Asterisk 16.23.0 currently running on linuxhelp (pid = 50939)
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