Operating system prerequisites
Each operating system has its own set of prerequisites. Make sure that you have met the prerequisites for your platform. In the following sections we discuss Linux/Unix, Mac OS X, and Windows.
Linux/Unix
The following items are usually already installed on your system. Note that a Git client is not required:
Git: A Git client also gives you access to the current code repository (recommended especially for developers and those who want the latest code)
GNUMAKE: The GNU version of Make
AUTOCONF: Version 2.60 or higher
AUTOMAKE: Version 1.9 or higher
LIBTOOL: Version 1.5.14 or higher
GCC: Version 3.3 or higher
WGET: Any recent version
LIBNCURSES: Any recent version
BZIP2: Any recent version
Mac OS X
It is strongly recommended that Mac users have, at the very least, OS X Version 10.4. Compiling FreeSWITCH on OS X requires the installation of the Apple XCode Developer Tools. You may download them from http://connect.apple.com. Free registration is required.
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