How To Install iaxclient on Fedora 34

iaxclient is Library for creating telephony solutions that interoperate with Asterisk Library for creating telephony solutions that interoperate with Asterisk

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install iaxclient on Fedora 34.

What is iaxclient

Iaxclient is an open source, multiplatform library for creating telephony solutions that interoperate with Asterisk, the Open Source PBX. Although asterisk supports other VOIP protocols (including SIP, and with patches, H.323), IAX’s simple, lightweight nature gives it several advantages, particularly in that it can operate easily through NAT and packet firewalls, and it is easily extensible and simple to understand. Iaxclient pulls together the wide array of open source technologies required for telephony applications. iaxclient 2.1 0.38.beta3.fc34 x86_64 511 k iaxclient-2.1-0.38.beta3.fc34.src.rpm fedora Library for creating telephony solutions that interoperate with Asterisk http LGPLv2+ Iaxclient is an open source, multiplatform library for creating telephony solutions that interoperate with Asterisk, the Open Source PBX. Although asterisk supports other VOIP protocols (including SIP, and with patches, H.323), IAX’s simple, lightweight nature gives it several advantages, particularly in that it can operate easily through NAT and packet firewalls, and it is easily extensible and simple to understand. Iaxclient pulls together the wide array of open source technologies required for telephony applications.

We can use yum or dnf to install iaxclient on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install iaxclient.

Install iaxclient on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install iaxclient

Install iaxclient on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install iaxclient using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install iaxclient

How To Uninstall iaxclient on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove iaxclient

iaxclient Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/iaxcomm
/usr/bin/iaxphone
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/08
/usr/lib/.build-id/08/6261090540055e494b04db6410bff9c58c5e2b
/usr/lib/.build-id/49
/usr/lib/.build-id/49/bdd62dc31ae39f0e8e5d0fc8f5b9cb3fcb7b92
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8/7d713bca8f829c31288e1cc81f2db0df1bdac2
/usr/lib64/libiaxclient.so.1
/usr/lib64/libiaxclient.so.1.0.2
/usr/share/doc/iaxclient
/usr/share/doc/iaxclient/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/iaxclient/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/iaxclient/README
/usr/share/iaxcomm
/usr/share/iaxcomm/iaxcomm.htb
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/accounts.xrc
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/application.ico
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/bitmaps
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/bitmaps/KP0.bmp
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/bitmaps/KP1.bmp
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/bitmaps/KP2.bmp
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/bitmaps/KP3.bmp
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/bitmaps/KP4.bmp
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/bitmaps/KP5.bmp
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/bitmaps/KP6.bmp
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/bitmaps/KP7.bmp
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/bitmaps/KP8.bmp
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/bitmaps/KP9.bmp
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/bitmaps/KPPOUND.bmp
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/bitmaps/KPSTAR.bmp
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/devices.xrc
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/directory.xrc
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/frame.xrc
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/logo.xpm
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/menubar.xrc
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/panel.xrc
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/prefs.xrc
/usr/share/licenses/iaxclient
/usr/share/licenses/iaxclient/COPYING.LIB
/usr/bin/iaxcomm
/usr/bin/iaxphone
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/20
/usr/lib/.build-id/20/9a974006aab263bc87567d113967822bb12f21
/usr/lib/.build-id/35
/usr/lib/.build-id/35/b4a2767ebaa90f012722fc5489094e9600fb3b
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f/8a4d300cfc1c912ff60d2e19b1aabc61fa358d
/usr/lib/libiaxclient.so.1
/usr/lib/libiaxclient.so.1.0.2
/usr/share/doc/iaxclient
/usr/share/doc/iaxclient/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/iaxclient/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/iaxclient/README
/usr/share/iaxcomm
/usr/share/iaxcomm/iaxcomm.htb
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/accounts.xrc
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/application.ico
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/bitmaps
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/bitmaps/KP0.bmp
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/bitmaps/KP1.bmp
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/bitmaps/KP2.bmp
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/bitmaps/KP3.bmp
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/bitmaps/KP4.bmp
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/bitmaps/KP5.bmp
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/bitmaps/KP6.bmp
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/bitmaps/KP7.bmp
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/bitmaps/KP8.bmp
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/bitmaps/KP9.bmp
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/bitmaps/KPPOUND.bmp
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/bitmaps/KPSTAR.bmp
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/devices.xrc
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/directory.xrc
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/frame.xrc
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/logo.xpm
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/menubar.xrc
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/panel.xrc
/usr/share/iaxcomm/rc/prefs.xrc
/usr/share/licenses/iaxclient
/usr/share/licenses/iaxclient/COPYING.LIB

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install iaxclient on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.