How To Install baresip on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install baresip on Debian 11.
What is baresip
baresip 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.
This metapackage will install baresip and all its optional features.
There are three methods to install baresip on Debian 11. 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 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install baresip using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install baresip
Install baresip Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install baresip using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install baresip
Install baresip 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 baresip using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install baresip
How To Uninstall baresip on Debian 11
To uninstall only the baresip package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove baresip
Uninstall baresip And Its Dependencies
To uninstall baresip and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove baresip
Remove baresip Configurations and Data
To remove baresip configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge baresip
Remove baresip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove baresip configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge baresip
Dependencies
baresip have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install baresip package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.