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

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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).

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last modified: 02 Feb 2010

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