How To Install asterisk-voicemail on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install asterisk-voicemail on Kali Linux. asterisk-voicemail is simple voicemail support for the Asterisk PBX

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install asterisk-voicemail on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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 Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.