[App_rpt-users] the endless (I hope) possibilities..

[Steve Zingman]

Geoff,

On 9/16/2016 8:24 AM, Geoff wrote:
> Bottom line, I didn't want to just come out and ask a question without
> giving proper acknowledgment and appreciation ahead of my asking, so
> having done that (I hope) I'll ask...
>
> if there ever going to be an .rpm version of app_rpt that would be put
> together like so that the program could be installed onto an
> already-existing instance of Linux, instead of my previous experience
> where a dedicated machine was needed running CentOS?
>
> something as simple as
> $~> rpm -qvih allstar
>
> then having the script go out, create the directories it needed, put the
> files where they were supposed to go, update the libraries, set the
> environment, connect to the radio, use the current internet connection
> (if needed) and run by itself as "yalp" (yet another linux program)
> without the need of dedicating hardware to do so?

Building a repository for asterisk and DAHDI is really not a big deal. 
It does not matter if it's RPM, APT or Pacman (arch) the principles are 
the same. Build the package for a target platform and make it available 
for the installer to download and install. For me, that would be apt.

I agree, someone should do it and I think it's being done for arch. I've 
done it for other projects. It's not something I want to spend my time on.

>
> It's always been a thought in my mind, that "if Linux is multi-user,
> multi-funtion capable, why is an entire machine required to be dedicated
> to running allstar?"

No one says a entire machine HAS to be dedicated to AllStar. I publish 
scripts that will take a existing Debian install and add what is needed 
to run AllStar. I will tell you what MOST people want is a image or 
"soup to nuts" installer. The single board crowd pretty much require a 
downloadable image.

73, Steve N4IRS

>
> Thanks for reading.
>
> 73 = Best Regards,
> -Geoff/W5OMR

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