Crud. I just wrote a few pleasant sentences of a nice solution to your problem (which I just assumed would be "install MacPorts, open a terminal and type 'sudo port install asterisk'"). Then I discovered that neither macports nor fink has asterisk. D'oh!
Actually, I'll paste my wasted time because if you don't know about using a package manager, you should. (AND you can read this while I try to actually help you with your problem!) A package manager is the thing Linux fans are talking about when they say "our 'add/remove programs' can actually add programs, because they're all Free! Installing all the software you want is a really curious experience the first time -- at first, it seems too good to be true, and you almost expect to receive a large bill in the mail. Then you go through these giant lists and hierarchies thinking "hmm, I could use that; at least it's worth a try." Then you brace for bad news and hit "Apply" and, a little while later, everything is cleanly installed, with menu entries, init scripts, a layout on the file system that is actually consistent with the rest of your OS, etc. Later on, when the software is updated, it's a piece of cake because the software does it for you (sudo port update asterisk).
There are two such projects for OS X: Fink and MacPorts (recently known as "DarwinPorts"). Both are community projects, so in the beginning, it was Just A Guy who wanted his expensive Mac to have all of Linux's features and then some, so he started "porting" (making subtle tweaks to a program's code and installation process to make it smooth for others) free/open source Linux and unix software to OS X. Add some people and momentum, and while the Mac package managers will never be as complete as the *nix ones, they're still indispensable.
Personally, I use MacPorts because it tends to have what I need. Don't install both of them (waste of disk space, leads to collisions, just generally confusing and goffy); just look at the lists on their websites to figure out which fits you best.
brb with real help, i think i've guessed your problem
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- First, make sure you have the Developer Tools installed. They're on your OS X disc or were included with your mac.
- Try what you were doing before, because that might have been the whole problem.
- Download a fresh copy of Asterisk, and move that file onto your desktop. Double-click it and OS X will untar it for you.
- Open Terminal. type
cd
Make sure you leave a space after "cd "
- Drag the folder you previously untar'd onto the terminal. This just types in the whole path to the file for you -- easy and typo-free. Hit return.
- (whoa, asterisk is missing a lot of instructions) Type
./configure
and hit return.
- Then you can
sudo make install
Enter your password.
That's a solid start, at least.
The only other thing that could go wrong is if you don't have some of those libraries that are required:
- dfs
- ncurses, and associated -devel
- openssl, and associated -devel
- zlib, and associated -devel
bison, and associated -devel (1.0.X only)
You can use your new port skills if you do to install any of those, ie:
port search ncurses
sudo port install ncurses
etc. It's good to search first so you can get the spelling of the name right.
Finally, two points:
1. Ask for help before you waste 48 hours on something like this!
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2. Include some information about what errors you're getting so people can actually help you. I'm driving completely blind here!
