How To Install libbellesip-dev on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbellesip-dev on Ubuntu 22.04. libbellesip-dev is SIP stack from the Linphone team (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbellesip-dev on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is libbellesip-dev

libbellesip-dev is:

Belle-Sip is a new SIP stack (RFC3261) developed by the Linphone team.

Belle-Sip supports multiple transports at the same time, has a dual IPv6 and IPv4 stack, is fully asynchronous and implements the +sip.instance and alias parameters. It also handles network disconnections better, offers a privacy API and supports rich presence.

SIP/TLS is handled by mbed TLS (by way of bctoolbox), not OpenSSL.

This package contains the development files.

There are three methods to install libbellesip-dev on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libbellesip-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libbellesip-dev

Install libbellesip-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libbellesip-dev

Install libbellesip-dev 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libbellesip-dev

How To Uninstall libbellesip-dev on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the libbellesip-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libbellesip-dev

Uninstall libbellesip-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libbellesip-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbellesip-dev

Remove libbellesip-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libbellesip-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libbellesip-dev

Remove libbellesip-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbellesip-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbellesip-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.