How To Install libsipxtapi on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsipxtapi on Kali Linux.

What is libsipxtapi

libsipxtapi is:

sipXtapi is a framework that makes it easy to construct SIP user agents, including softphones and telephony servers.

This package provides the libraries for dynamic linking.

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

Install libsipxtapi Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libsipxtapi

Install libsipxtapi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsipxtapi using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsipxtapi

Install libsipxtapi Using aptitude

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

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libsipxtapi

How To Uninstall libsipxtapi on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libsipxtapi package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsipxtapi

Uninstall libsipxtapi And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsipxtapi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsipxtapi

Remove libsipxtapi Configurations and Data

To remove libsipxtapi configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsipxtapi

Remove libsipxtapi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsipxtapi

Dependencies

libsipxtapi have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libopus0
• libpcre3
• libspeex1
• libspeexdsp1
• libssl1.1
• libstdc++6

References

• libsipxtapi website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsipxtapi package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.