How To Install baresip on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install baresip on Kali Linux. baresip is portable and modular SIP user-agent - metapackage

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install baresip on Kali Linux.

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 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 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 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 baresip using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install baresip

How To Uninstall baresip on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove baresip

Remove baresip Configurations and Data

To remove baresip configuration and data from Kali Linux 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 Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.