How To Install roger-router-cli on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install roger-router-cli on Debian 9.

What is roger-router-cli

roger-router-cli is:

Journal, Fax-Software and Call-Monitor for AVM FRITZ!Box or compatible routers. The following features are supported through plugins:

• Call monitor, journal and address book
• Use system as softphone or dial support
• Fax transfer with CUPS integration.

A predecessor to the program was formerly called FRITZ!Box Fun (ffgtk).

This is the command-line interface part of the package only. The GUI is available in the roger-router package.

There are three methods to install roger-router-cli 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 roger-router-cli Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install roger-router-cli

Install roger-router-cli Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install roger-router-cli using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install roger-router-cli

Install roger-router-cli 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 roger-router-cli using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install roger-router-cli

How To Uninstall roger-router-cli on Debian 9

To uninstall only the roger-router-cli package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove roger-router-cli

Uninstall roger-router-cli And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove roger-router-cli

Remove roger-router-cli Configurations and Data

To remove roger-router-cli configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge roger-router-cli

Remove roger-router-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove roger-router-cli configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge roger-router-cli

Dependencies

roger-router-cli have the following dependencies:

• libasound2
• libatk1.0-0
• libc6
• libcairo-gobject2
• libcairo2
• libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
• libgirepository-1.0-1
• libglib2.0-0
• libgssdp-1.0-3
• libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0
• libgstreamer1.0-0
• libgtk-3-0
• libgupnp-1.0-4
• libpango-1.0-0
• libpangocairo-1.0-0
• libpeas-1.0-0
• libportaudio2
• libpulse0
• libroutermanager0
• libsecret-1-0
• libsndfile1
• libsoup2.4-1
• libspeex1
• libspeexdsp1
• libtiff5
• libxml2

References

• roger-router-cli website

Summary

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