How To Install asterisk-voicemail on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install asterisk-voicemail on Debian 10.
What is asterisk-voicemail
asterisk-voicemail is:
Asterisk is an Open Source PBX and telephony toolkit.
This package includes the standard files-based voicemail storage. This is normally the one you use and is the one that will Just Work. The only reason not to install it is if you want to use a different Asterisk voicemail storage (ODBC or IMAP).
For more information about the Asterisk PBX, have a look at the Asterisk package.
There are three methods to install asterisk-voicemail on Debian 10. 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-voicemail 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-voicemail using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install asterisk-voicemail
Install asterisk-voicemail Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install asterisk-voicemail using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install asterisk-voicemail
Install asterisk-voicemail 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-voicemail using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install asterisk-voicemail
How To Uninstall asterisk-voicemail on Debian 10
To uninstall only the asterisk-voicemail package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove asterisk-voicemail
Uninstall asterisk-voicemail And Its Dependencies
To uninstall asterisk-voicemail and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove asterisk-voicemail
Remove asterisk-voicemail Configurations and Data
To remove asterisk-voicemail configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge asterisk-voicemail
Remove asterisk-voicemail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove asterisk-voicemail configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge asterisk-voicemail
Dependencies
asterisk-voicemail have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install asterisk-voicemail package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.