How To Install dahdi on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dahdi on Debian 10.
What is dahdi
dahdi is:
DAHDI (formly Zaptel) is an interface for telephony devices used by e.g. the Asterisk PBX software. The dahdi-* packages provide the kernel DAHDI kernel modules and their required setup environment.
This package includes userspace utilities required to configure DAHDI modules.
There are three methods to install dahdi on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dahdi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dahdi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dahdi
Install dahdi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dahdi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dahdi
Install dahdi 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 dahdi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dahdi
How To Uninstall dahdi on Debian 10
To uninstall only the dahdi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dahdi
Uninstall dahdi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dahdi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dahdi
Remove dahdi Configurations and Data
To remove dahdi configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dahdi
Remove dahdi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dahdi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dahdi
Dependencies
dahdi have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dahdi package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.