How To Install baresip-gstreamer on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install baresip-gstreamer on Debian 9.
What is baresip-gstreamer
baresip-gstreamer is:
A modular SIP user-agent with support for audio and video, and many IETF standards such as SIP, SDP, RTP/RTCP, STUN, TURN, and ICE.
Supports both IPv4 and IPv6, and the following features.
- Audio codecs: AMR, G.711, G.722, G.726, GSM, L16, MPA, OPUS, Speex.
- Video codecs: H.263, H.264, H.265, MPEG4, VP8, VP9.
- Audio drivers: Alsa, GStreamer, JACK, OSS, Portaudio, sndio.
- Video sources: FFmpeg avformat, Video4Linux2, X11 Grabber.
- Video output modules: SDL2, X11, DirectFB.
- NAT Traversal modules: STUN, TURN, ICE, NATBD, NAT-PMP, PCP.
- Media encryption modules: SRTP, DTLS-SRTP.
This package integrates GStreamer pipelines with baresip.
There are three methods to install baresip-gstreamer 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 baresip-gstreamer 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-gstreamer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install baresip-gstreamer
Install baresip-gstreamer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install baresip-gstreamer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install baresip-gstreamer
Install baresip-gstreamer 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-gstreamer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install baresip-gstreamer
How To Uninstall baresip-gstreamer on Debian 9
To uninstall only the baresip-gstreamer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove baresip-gstreamer
Uninstall baresip-gstreamer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall baresip-gstreamer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove baresip-gstreamer
Remove baresip-gstreamer Configurations and Data
To remove baresip-gstreamer configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge baresip-gstreamer
Remove baresip-gstreamer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove baresip-gstreamer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge baresip-gstreamer
Dependencies
baresip-gstreamer have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install baresip-gstreamer package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.