How To Install python-asterisk on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-asterisk on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-asterisk is Asterisk Manager API interface module for Python

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-asterisk on Debian 10.

What is python-asterisk

python-asterisk is:

The Python Asterisk package (codenamed py-Asterisk) is an attempt to produce high quality, well documented Python bindings for the Asterisk Manager API.

The eventual goal of the package is to allow rich specification of the Asterisk configuration in Python rather than in the quirky, unstructured, undocumented mess called the Asterisk configuration files.

Working Functionality

Python package implementing a manager client and event dispatcher User-oriented command line interface to manager API

Work In Progress

Introductary documentation for developers Asterisk module allowing dialplan configuration via the manager API Objects to represent the standard applications

There are three methods to install python-asterisk on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python-asterisk Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-asterisk

Install python-asterisk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-asterisk

Install python-asterisk 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 python-asterisk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-asterisk

How To Uninstall python-asterisk on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-asterisk

Uninstall python-asterisk And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-asterisk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-asterisk

Remove python-asterisk Configurations and Data

To remove python-asterisk configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-asterisk

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-asterisk have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-asterisk package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.