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[[PageOutline]]
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== OpenBSC build guide ==
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This page will describe the entire installation process of OpenBSC under GNU/Linux.
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This tutorial is based on Debian Netinstall 5.0 but will work more or less the same with other GNU/Linux
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distributions.
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=== Compiling + running OpenBSC ===
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==== Dependencies ====
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Installing software that OpenBSC depends upon is distribution-dependent.  On Debian (or Debian-derived) systems,
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you should install the following Debian packages before you start:
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 * libdbi0
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 * libdbi0-dev
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 * libdbd-sqlite3
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 * libtool
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 * autoconf
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 * git-core
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 * pkg-config
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(The list may be incomplete)
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On Debian, you can install those packages with
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{{{
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apt-get install libdbi0-dev libdbd-sqlite3 libtool autoconf git-core pkg-config
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}}}
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==== Building libosmocore ====
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 * Check out libosmocore from git using
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{{{
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git clone git://git.osmocom.org/libosmocore.git
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}}}
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 * Change into the right directory using
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{{{
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cd libosmocore
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 * Rebuild the configure script using
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{{{
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autoreconf -fi
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}}}
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 * Run the configure script using
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./configure
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 * Build the actual software using
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{{{
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make
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 * Install the library by using
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make install
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 * Don't forget ldconfig:
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{{{
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ldconfig
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==== Building libosmo-abis ====
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 * Check out libosmo-abis from git using
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git clone git://git.osmocom.org/libosmo-abis.git
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 * Change into the right directory using
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{{{
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cd libosmo-abis
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 * Rebuild the configure script using
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{{{
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autoreconf -fi
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 * Run the configure script using
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./configure
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 * Build the actual software using
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{{{
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make
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 * Install the library by using
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make install
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 * Don't forget ldconfig:
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{{{
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ldconfig
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==== Building OpenBSC ====
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 * Check out OpenBSC from git using
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git clone git://git.osmocom.org/openbsc.git
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 * Change into the right directory using
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cd openbsc/openbsc
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 * Rebuild the configure script using 
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autoreconf -i
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 * Point OpenBSC to the installation of libosmocore.
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export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
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 * Run the configure script using
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./configure
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 * Build the actual software using
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make
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Congratulations, you should now have the OpenBSC programs like ''[wiki:osmo-nitb]'', ''ipaccess-config'' and others in the subdirectories of 'src/',
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 * src/ipaccess/ipaccess-config (see [wiki:ipaccess-config])
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 * src/ipaccess/ipaccess-find (see [wiki:ipaccess-find])
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 * src/osmo-nitb/osmo-nitb (see [wiki:osmo-nitb])
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To proceed from here, you typically would
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 * set-up your BTS (see [wiki:BS11/Getting_Started] or [wiki:nanoBTS/Getting_Started])
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 * configure and start [wiki:osmo-nitb]
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==== mISDN enabled kernel in case of E1 based BTS like BS-11 ====
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If you want to use a E1-based BTS (like the BS-11), you will need to install mISDN (or DAHDI).
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'''If you have an IP/Ethernet based BTS (like the ip.access nanoBTS), you don't need this section!'''
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Because OpenBSC's E1 support relies on mISDN (named ISDN4Linux before) and hfcmulti as an interface to the BS11, it has to be integrated as a module into the kernel.
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First of all you will need to download the 2.6.31 Linux kernel from [http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/].
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Change to '''/usr/src/''' on your OpenBSC machine.
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Then simply do a {{{wget [http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.31.tar.bz2]}}}
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Unpack the archive:
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tar --bzip2 -xvf linux-2.6.31.tar.bz2
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ln -s linux-2.6.30 linux
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Now change to linux-2.6.30 typing
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cd linux-2.6.30
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Install some tools needed to build the kernel.
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apt-get install libncurses5-dev kernel-package
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Now configure the kernel modules with
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make menuconfig
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Include the ''mISDN'' modules and ''hfcmulti / hfc e1 drivers''.
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Save the new configuration to '''.config''' .
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You can now try to build the Debian kernel package:
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make-kpkg linux-image --initrd --revision=openbsc01.0
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Go a directory higher
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cd ..
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Now you only have to add the dslot=1 parameter for hfcmulti to load with this parameter.
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Otherwise OpenBSC will talk on signalling timeslot 15 where BS11 uses 1.
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Simply add the following in '''/boot/grub/menu.lst''' :
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Add this line to the "Kernel"-line
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==== DAHDI kernel in case of E1 based BTS like BS-11 ====
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This is an alternative to the mISDN drivers.  For DAHDI installation, please check with the Asterisk / DAHDI homepage.
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We have positively tested with a Digium TE110P card and the BS-11, using the following config in {{{/etc/dahdi/system.conf}}}:
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In your {{{openbsc.cfg}}}, you will have to use
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