I need to install asterisk 1.6.2.18 on Ubuntu 10.10
I would like to know what the configure options were that were used to generate the ubuntu package of asterisk 1.6.2.7.
My favorite server distro is Slackware and on that I just reference the Slackbuild file to find out how a package was made and possibly customised in order to remake it with a newer source, but I cannot figure this out on Ubuntu. I am under time pressure now, so I would appreciate some pointers.
Thank you!
The easiest thing to do may be to look at the build logs for the package in question. You can find them by starting at, e.g., https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/asterisk, then follow the link for the version you care about (in this case, https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/asterisk/1:1.6.2.7-1ubuntu1.1)
Under the "Builds" header, you'll see a link for each architecture the package was built on. Don't worry about this too much, and just pick one - I'll look at amd64.
On the build record page, there's a link to the buildlog - https://launchpadlibrarian.net/62593317/buildlog_ubuntu-maverick-amd64.asterisk_1%3A1.6.2.7-1ubuntu1.1_BUILDING.txt.gz
And if you search the log for "./configure", you'll find this:
PATH=$PATH:/build/buildd/asterisk-1.6.2.7/debian/dummyprogs ./configure \
--host=x86_64-linux-gnu --build=x86_64-linux-gnu \
--prefix=/usr \
--mandir=\${prefix}/share/man \
--infodir=\${prefix}/share/info \
--with-cap \
--with-gsm \
--with-imap=system \
--with-pwlib=/usr/share/pwlib/include/ \
--with-h323=/usr/share/openh323/
I think that you won't be able to see the configure options from the binary (.deb) package.
You can just find some information regarding the dependencies involved by using:
apt-cache showpkg asterisk
If you need to check the configure options, i think you should download the source files by typing:
apt-get source asterisk
and then check for the information you need in the debian/rules file.
