How To Install rtpengine-kernel-dkms on Debian 12

Learn how to install rtpengine-kernel-dkms on Debian 12 with this tutorial. rtpengine-kernel-dkms is IPtables kernel module for the NGCP media proxy - DKMS

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rtpengine-kernel-dkms on Debian 12.

What is rtpengine-kernel-dkms

rtpengine-kernel-dkms is:

Sipwise NGCP rtpengine is a proxy for RTP traffic and other UDP based media traffic. It’s meant to be used with the Kamailio SIP proxy and forms a drop-in replacement for any of the other available RTP and media proxies.

Provides the kernel-space part of the NGCP media proxy for high- performance packet forwarding. This package contains the source to be built with dkms.

There are three methods to install rtpengine-kernel-dkms on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install rtpengine-kernel-dkms Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rtpengine-kernel-dkms

Install rtpengine-kernel-dkms Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install rtpengine-kernel-dkms using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install rtpengine-kernel-dkms

Install rtpengine-kernel-dkms 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 rtpengine-kernel-dkms using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rtpengine-kernel-dkms

How To Uninstall rtpengine-kernel-dkms on Debian 12

To uninstall only the rtpengine-kernel-dkms package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove rtpengine-kernel-dkms

Uninstall rtpengine-kernel-dkms And Its Dependencies

To uninstall rtpengine-kernel-dkms and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rtpengine-kernel-dkms

Remove rtpengine-kernel-dkms Configurations and Data

To remove rtpengine-kernel-dkms configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge rtpengine-kernel-dkms

Remove rtpengine-kernel-dkms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove rtpengine-kernel-dkms configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rtpengine-kernel-dkms

Dependencies

rtpengine-kernel-dkms have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rtpengine-kernel-dkms package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.