How To Install opensips-console on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install opensips-console on Debian 9. opensips-console is Generic tool for OpenSIPS provisioning

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install opensips-console on Debian 9.

What is opensips-console

opensips-console is:

OpenSIPS is a very fast and flexible SIP (RFC3261) server. Written entirely in C, OpenSIPS can handle thousands calls per second even on low-budget hardware.

This package provides an OpenSIPS Console written in Perl for OpenSIPS provisioning.

There are three methods to install opensips-console 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 opensips-console Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install opensips-console

Install opensips-console Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install opensips-console

Install opensips-console 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 opensips-console using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install opensips-console

How To Uninstall opensips-console on Debian 9

To uninstall only the opensips-console package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove opensips-console

Uninstall opensips-console And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove opensips-console

Remove opensips-console Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge opensips-console

Remove opensips-console configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge opensips-console

Dependencies

opensips-console have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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