How To Install telepathy-resiprocate on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install telepathy-resiprocate on Ubuntu 18.04. telepathy-resiprocate is SIP Connection Manager for Telepathy Framework

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install telepathy-resiprocate on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is telepathy-resiprocate

telepathy-resiprocate is:

Connection Manager providing support for SIP using all the features supported by the reSIProcate stack, including TLS, IPv6 and TURN for NAT traversal.

reSIProcate is a framework that aims to fully implement the SIP protocol in first class C++. It is intended for use in other applications, such as the repro SIP proxy.

There are three methods to install telepathy-resiprocate on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install telepathy-resiprocate Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install telepathy-resiprocate

Install telepathy-resiprocate Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install telepathy-resiprocate

Install telepathy-resiprocate 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install telepathy-resiprocate using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install telepathy-resiprocate

How To Uninstall telepathy-resiprocate on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the telepathy-resiprocate package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove telepathy-resiprocate

Uninstall telepathy-resiprocate And Its Dependencies

To uninstall telepathy-resiprocate and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove telepathy-resiprocate

Remove telepathy-resiprocate Configurations and Data

To remove telepathy-resiprocate configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge telepathy-resiprocate

Remove telepathy-resiprocate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge telepathy-resiprocate

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install telepathy-resiprocate package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.