Current versions of Asterisk

This is a collection of download URLs to the current versions of Asterisk and related packages for my personal reference and for public enjoyment.

For a timeline go to Asterisk versions timeline.


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Current Asterisk 1.4

Date Download Info wget *
2010 Jan 15 Asterisk 1.4.29 ChangeLog URL, Version
2009 Dec 18 Asterisk 1.4.28 ChangeLog

Current Asterisk Addons 1.4

Date Download Info wget *
2009 Dec 02 Asterisk Addons 1.4.10 ChangeLog URL, Version
2009 Jul 24 Asterisk Addons 1.4.9 ChangeLog

Current Zaptel 1.4

Date Download Info wget *
2008 Sep 09 Zaptel 1.4.12.1 ChangeLog URL, Version
2008 Sep 03 Zaptel 1.4.12 ChangeLog

Current LibPRI 1.4

Date Download Info wget *
2009 Oct 21 LibPRI 1.4.10.2 ChangeLog URL, Version
2009 Jul 02 LibPRI 1.4.10.1 ChangeLog

Current Asterisk 1.6

Date Download Info wget *
2010 Feb 02 Asterisk 1.6.2.2 ChangeLog URL, Version
2010 Jan 15 Asterisk 1.6.2.1 ChangeLog

Current Asterisk Addons 1.6

Date Download Info wget *
2009 Dec 18 Asterisk Addons 1.6.2.0 ChangeLog URL, Version
2009 Dec 02 Asterisk Addons 1.6.1.2

Current Dahdi linux 2

Date Download Info wget *
2010 Jan 20 Dahdi linux 2.2.1 ChangeLog URL, Version
2009 Jul 23 Dahdi linux 2.2.0.2 ChangeLog

Current Dahdi tools 2

Date Download Info wget *
2010 Jan 20 Dahdi tools 2.2.1 ChangeLog URL, Version
2009 Jun 24 Dahdi tools 2.2.0 ChangeLog
* for instructions see below

The dilemma of current installation instructions

Most installation instructions for Asterisk either use

cd /usr/src/
http://downloads.digium.com/pub/asterisk/releases/asterisk-1.4.19.tar.gz
tar -xzf asterisk-1.4.19.tar.gz
cd asterisk-1.4.19/

where the version is never up to date so the reader can't simply copy & paste the command into their shell. Or they tell you to

cd /usr/src/
http://downloads.digium.com/pub/asterisk/asterisk-1.4-current.tar.gz
tar -xzf asterisk-*.tar.gz
cd asterisk-*/

which is not what the author intended if you did not remove any older downloads first.


How to download the current version of Asterisk

cd /usr/src/
version=`wget -q -O - http://www.kempgen.net/asterisk/current/version/asterisk-1.4`

Your shell evaluates the second line to version=1.4.19 (or whatever the current version of Asterisk may be).

echo ${version}
wget -c http://downloads.digium.com/pub/asterisk/releases/asterisk-${version}.tar.gz
tar -xzf asterisk-${version}.tar.gz
cd asterisk-${version}/

Just the current tarball

If you are able to figure it out yourself and all you need is the tarball but don't want to look up the current version:

wget -c `wget -q -O - http://www.kempgen.net/asterisk/current/url/asterisk-1.4`

Complete installation instructions

For a complete walkthrough see
The Asterisk Book - Installation instructions for Asterisk (English, "unstable") or
Das Asterisk Buch - Installationsanleitungen für Asterisk (German).


last modified: 02 Feb 2010

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