How To Install asterisk-mp3 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install asterisk-mp3 on Debian 9.
What is asterisk-mp3
asterisk-mp3 is:
Asterisk is an Open Source PBX and telephony toolkit.
This package provides support for playing MP3-encoded files in Asterisk.
For more information about the Asterisk PBX, have a look at the Asterisk package.
There are three methods to install asterisk-mp3 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-mp3 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-mp3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install asterisk-mp3
Install asterisk-mp3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install asterisk-mp3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install asterisk-mp3
Install asterisk-mp3 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-mp3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install asterisk-mp3
How To Uninstall asterisk-mp3 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the asterisk-mp3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove asterisk-mp3
Uninstall asterisk-mp3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall asterisk-mp3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove asterisk-mp3
Remove asterisk-mp3 Configurations and Data
To remove asterisk-mp3 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge asterisk-mp3
Remove asterisk-mp3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove asterisk-mp3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge asterisk-mp3
Dependencies
asterisk-mp3 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install asterisk-mp3 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.