How To Install baresip-core on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install baresip-core on Kali Linux.
What is baresip-core
baresip-core is:
A modular SIP user-agent with support for audio and video, and many IETF standards such as SIP, SDP, RTP/RTCP, STUN, TURN, ICE, and WebRTC.
Supports both IPv4 and IPv6, and the following features.
- Audio codecs: AMR, aptX, EBU ACIP, G.711, G.722, G.726, GSM, L16, MPA, OPUS.
- Video codecs: H.263, H.264, H.265, MPEG4, VP8, VP9.
- Audio drivers: Alsa, GStreamer, JACK, OSS, Portaudio, PulseAudio, sndio.
- Video sources: FFmpeg avformat, Video4Linux2, X11 Grabber.
- Video outputs: SDL2, X11, DirectFB.
- NAT Traversal: STUN, TURN, ICE, NAT-PMP.
- Media encryption: SRTP, DTLS-SRTP.
- Telemetry messaging: MQTT.
- Control interfaces: JSON-over-TCP.
Some of above features are provided in separate packages baresip-gtk, baresip-ffmpeg, baresip-gstreamer and baresip-x11.
There are three methods to install baresip-core 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 baresip-core Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install baresip-core using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install baresip-coreInstall baresip-core Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install baresip-core using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install baresip-coreInstall baresip-core 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install baresip-core using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install baresip-coreHow To Uninstall baresip-core on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the baresip-core package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove baresip-coreUninstall baresip-core And Its Dependencies
To uninstall baresip-core and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove baresip-coreRemove baresip-core Configurations and Data
To remove baresip-core configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge baresip-coreRemove baresip-core configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove baresip-core configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge baresip-coreDependencies
baresip-core have the following dependencies:
- libasound2
- libc6
- libcodec2-0.9
- libdirectfb-1.7-7
- libgsm1
- libjack-jackd2-0
- libmosquitto1
- libmp3lame0
- libmpg123-0
- libopenaptx0
- libopencore-amrnb0
- libopencore-amrwb0
- libopus0
- libpng16-16
- libportaudio2
- libre0
- librem0
- libsndfile1
- libsndio7.0
- libspandsp2
- libspeexdsp1
- libtwolame0
- libvo-amrwbenc0
- libvpx6
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install baresip-core package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.