How To Install asterisk-config on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install asterisk-config on Debian 9. asterisk-config is Configuration files for Asterisk

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install asterisk-config on Debian 9.

What is asterisk-config

asterisk-config is:

Asterisk is an Open Source PBX and telephony toolkit.

This package contains the default configuration files of Asterisk.

With program asterisk-config-custom in the asterisk package, you can create an asterisk-config replacement package.

There are three methods to install asterisk-config on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install asterisk-config Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install asterisk-config using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install asterisk-config

Install asterisk-config Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install asterisk-config using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install asterisk-config

Install asterisk-config Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install asterisk-config using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install asterisk-config

How To Uninstall asterisk-config on Debian 9

To uninstall only the asterisk-config package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove asterisk-config

Uninstall asterisk-config And Its Dependencies

To uninstall asterisk-config and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove asterisk-config

Remove asterisk-config Configurations and Data

To remove asterisk-config configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge asterisk-config

Remove asterisk-config configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove asterisk-config configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge asterisk-config

Dependencies

asterisk-config have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install asterisk-config package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.