Information about the package, asterisk, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The asterisk package is designed for, The Open Source PBX.
Package Name:
asterisk
Summary:
The Open Source PBX
Description:
Asterisk is a complete PBX in software. It runs on Linux and provides all of the features you would expect from a PBX and more. Asterisk does voice over IP in three protocols, and can interoperate with almost all standards-based telephony equipment using relatively inexpensive hardware.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.8.32.3
Release:
2.el6
Size:
3.4 M
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the asterisk package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install asterisk
This command will install asterisk on the server.
yum remove asterisk
This command will un-install asterisk on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove asterisk, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove asterisk
This command will un-install asterisk on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove asterisk when using the -y flag.
yum update asterisk
This command will update asterisk to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove asterisk, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update asterisk
This command will update asterisk to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove asterisk when using the -y flag.
yum info asterisk
This command will show you core information about the asterisk package.
yum deplist asterisk
This command will show you the dependencies for asterisk. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update asterisk
This command will check if there is an update waiting on asterisk. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.