OpenSER 1.3.2 Install Guide for Debian Etch 4.0r2
This guide assumes you have a working install of Debian Etch using the “Standard system” option.
1. On the computer itself (as root)
debian:~# apt-get install ssh
You can now log in remotely (as root) and paste commands from this guide
2. First we'll want to add the source to backport from
debian:~# editor /etc/apt/sources.list
Add this line
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ lenny main
Exit and save
debian:~# apt-get update
3. Download build tools
debian:~# apt-get install build-essential
Download OpenSER source package (currently 1.3.2 in testing/lenny tree)
debian:~# apt-get source openser
Install dependencies
debian:~# apt-get install debhelper dpatch fakeroot libmysqlclient15-dev libexpat1-dev libxml2-dev libpq-dev libradiusclient-ng-dev flex bison zlib1g-dev unixodbc-dev libxmlrpc-c3-dev libperl-dev libsnmp-dev libdb4.4-dev xsltproc libconfuse-dev libldap2-dev libcurl3-gnutls-dev
Move to source directory
debian:~# cd openser-1.3.2/
Replace default control files with debian-etch specific ones
debian:~/openser-1.3.2# mv debian debian-old debian:~/openser-1.3.2# cp -R packaging/debian-etch debian debian:~/openser-1.3.2# cp debian-old/changelog debian/
(the changelog in debian-etch directory hasn't been kept up to date, using the newer changelog is necessary for compiled packages to be versioned correctly)
Build
debian:~/openser-1.3.2# dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -tc -us -uc
After some time you'll have .deb packges in the parent directory
debian:~/openser-1.3.2# cd .. && ls
openser_1.3.2-1_i386.deb openser-berkeley-module_1.3.2-1_i386.deb openser-carrierroute-module_1.3.2-1_i386.deb openser-cpl-module_1.3.2-1_i386.deb openser-dbg_1.3.2-1_i386.deb openser-jabber-module_1.3.2-1_i386.deb openser-ldap-modules_1.3.2-1_i386.deb openser-mysql-module_1.3.2-1_i386.deb openser-perl-modules_1.3.2-1_i386.deb openser-postgres-module_1.3.2-1_i386.deb openser-presence-modules_1.3.2-1_i386.deb openser-radius-modules_1.3.2-1_i386.deb openser-snmpstats-module_1.3.2-1_i386.deb openser-unixodbc-module_1.3.2-1_i386.deb openser-xmlrpc-module_1.3.2-1_i386.deb openser-xmpp-module_1.3.2-1_i386.deb
4. Install and configure
debian:~# dpkg -i openser_1.3.2-1_i386.deb debian:~# editor /etc/default/openser
Make some changes
RUN_OPENSER=yes MEMORY=128
Save and exit
Prevent downgrade of OpenSER package
debian:~# aptitude hold openser
5. Start the daemon
debian:~# /etc/init.d/openser start debian:~# /etc/init.d/openser status Status of openser: openser is running.
If you see the above, all is well. Otherwise try the following to see what went wrong
tail /var/log/syslog
Questions or comments to ted at pbxpal dot com.