How To Install asterisk on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install asterisk on Debian 9. asterisk is Open Source Private Branch Exchange (PBX)

Introduction

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

What is asterisk

asterisk is:

Asterisk is an Open Source PBX and telephony toolkit. It is, in a sense, middleware between Internet and telephony channels on the bottom, and Internet and telephony applications at the top.

Asterisk can be used with Voice over IP (SIP, H.323, IAX and more) standards, or the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) through supported hardware.

Supported hardware:

  • All Wildcard (tm) ISDN PRI cards from Digium (http://www.digium.com)
  • HFC-S/HFC-4S-based ISDN BRI cards (Junghanns.NET, beroNet, Digium etc.)
  • All TDM (FXO/FXS) cards from Digium
  • Various clones of Digium cards such as those by OpenVox
  • Xorcom Astribank USB telephony adapter (http://www.xorcom.com)
  • Voicetronix OpenPCI, OpenLine and OpenSwitch cards
  • CAPI-compatible ISDN cards (using the add-on package chan-capi)
  • Full Duplex Sound Card (ALSA or OSS) supported by Linux
  • Tormenta T1/E1 card (http://www.zapatatelephony.org)
  • QuickNet Internet PhoneJack and LineJack (http://www.quicknet.net)

This is the main package that includes the Asterisk daemon and most channel drivers and applications.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install asterisk

Install asterisk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install asterisk

Install asterisk 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 asterisk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install asterisk

How To Uninstall asterisk on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove asterisk

Uninstall asterisk And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove asterisk

Remove asterisk Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge asterisk

Remove asterisk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge asterisk

Dependencies

asterisk have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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