How To Install linphone on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install linphone on Debian 9. linphone is SIP softphone - graphical client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install linphone on Debian 9.

What is linphone

linphone is:

Linphone is an audio and video internet phone using the SIP protocol. It has a GTK+ and console interface, includes a large variety of audio and video codecs, and provides IM features.

The main features of linphone are:

  • a nice graphical interface;
  • it includes a large variety of codecs with different quality / bandwidths;
  • it uses the well-known and standardised SIP protocol.

There are three methods to install linphone 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 linphone Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install linphone

Install linphone Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install linphone

Install linphone 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 linphone using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install linphone

How To Uninstall linphone on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove linphone

Uninstall linphone And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove linphone

Remove linphone Configurations and Data

To remove linphone configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge linphone

Remove linphone configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linphone

Dependencies

linphone have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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