How To Install sip-redirect on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install sip-redirect on Rocky Linux 8. sip-redirect is Tiny IPv4 and IPv6 SIP redirect server written in Perl

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sip-redirect on Rocky Linux 8.

What is sip-redirect

sip-redirect is a tiny SIP redirect server written in Perl. It is IPv4 and IPv6 capable, but the IPv6 support is optional. The RFC 3261 was the base for this simple and very configurable implementation. There is neither TCP nor multicast support programmed in.

We can use yum or dnf to install sip-redirect on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sip-redirect.

Install sip-redirect on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install sip-redirect using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sip-redirect

Install sip-redirect on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install sip-redirect using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sip-redirect

How To Uninstall sip-redirect on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the sip-redirect package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove sip-redirect

sip-redirect Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/logrotate.d/sip-redirect
/etc/sip-redirect.conf
/usr/bin/sip-redirect
/usr/lib/systemd/system/sip-redirect.service
/usr/share/doc/sip-redirect
/usr/share/doc/sip-redirect/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/sip-redirect/README
/usr/share/licenses/sip-redirect
/usr/share/licenses/sip-redirect/COPYING
/var/log/sip-redirect

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sip-redirect on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.