How To Install turnserver on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install turnserver on Debian 9. turnserver is server for ICE/STUN/TURN, NAT traversal for SIP and Jabber

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install turnserver on Debian 9.

What is turnserver

turnserver is:

TURN server developed by the team behind Jitsi. TURN (RFC 5766) provides a standardised solution for VoIP applications to find the most efficient way to route media streams when NAT and firewall devices may be present.

The TurnServer project aims to be compliant with the TURN and STUN Request For Comments (respectively RFC 5766 and RFC 5389). It also support RFC 6156 namely TURN-IPV6 (relay between IPv4-IPv6, IPv6-IPv4 and IPv6-IPv6 addresses) and RFC 6062 namely TURN-TCP (relay data with TCP).

There are three methods to install turnserver 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 turnserver Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install turnserver

Install turnserver Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install turnserver using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install turnserver

Install turnserver 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 turnserver using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install turnserver

How To Uninstall turnserver on Debian 9

To uninstall only the turnserver package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove turnserver

Uninstall turnserver And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove turnserver

Remove turnserver Configurations and Data

To remove turnserver configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge turnserver

Remove turnserver configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge turnserver

Dependencies

turnserver have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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