How To Install sipwitch on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sipwitch on Debian 9.
What is sipwitch
sipwitch is:
GNU SIP Witch is a secure peer-to-peer VoIP server. Calls can be made even behind NAT firewalls, and without needing a service provider. SIP Witch can be used on the desktop to create bottom-up secure calling networks as a free software alternative to Skype. SIP Witch can also be used as a stand-alone SIP-based office telephone server, or to create secure VoIP networks for an existing IP-PBX such as Asterisk, FreeSWITCH, or Yate.
This package contains the sipwitch daemon and related utilities.
There are three methods to install sipwitch 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 sipwitch Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sipwitch using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sipwitch
Install sipwitch Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sipwitch using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sipwitch
Install sipwitch 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 sipwitch using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sipwitch
How To Uninstall sipwitch on Debian 9
To uninstall only the sipwitch package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sipwitch
Uninstall sipwitch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sipwitch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sipwitch
Remove sipwitch Configurations and Data
To remove sipwitch configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sipwitch
Remove sipwitch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sipwitch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sipwitch
Dependencies
sipwitch have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sipwitch package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
