Kannel is a compact and very powerful open source WAP and SMS gateway, used widely across the globe both for serving trillions of short messages (SMS), WAP Push service indications and mobile internet connectivity.
There are many tutorials “How to install kannel” but there is no “for dummies” one so I decided to make one 🙂
This procedure to install kannel is tested and adjusted on Ubuntu Server with LAMP installed on.
Install kannel procedure:
- move to home folder
cd /home
- execute all these commands
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sudo apt-get update
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sudo apt-get install build-essential
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sudo apt-get install bison
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sudo apt-get install libmysqld-dev
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sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev
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sudo apt-get install subversion
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svn co https://svn.kannel.org/gateway/trunk
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- change name of downloaded folder
mv trunk kannel
- enter new directory
cd kannel
- execute all these commands
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sudo ./configure --with-mysql
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sudo make
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sudo make bindir=/home/kannel/bin install
- enter directory
cd /home/kannel/addons/sqlbox
- execute all these commands
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sudo ./configure --with-kannel-dir=/home/kannel
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sudo make
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sudo make install
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- enter new directory
cd /home/kannel/addons/opensmppbox
- execute all these commands
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sudo ./configure --with-kannel-dir=/home/kannel
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sudo make
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sudo make install
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And Kannel is installed successfully.