How To Install dahdi-linux on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dahdi-linux on Debian 9.
What is dahdi-linux
dahdi-linux 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 the minimal Linux-specific userspace parts: udev configuration, xpp initialization scripts.
There are three methods to install dahdi-linux 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 dahdi-linux 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-linux using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dahdi-linux
Install dahdi-linux Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dahdi-linux using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dahdi-linux
Install dahdi-linux 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-linux using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dahdi-linux
How To Uninstall dahdi-linux on Debian 9
To uninstall only the dahdi-linux package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dahdi-linux
Uninstall dahdi-linux And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dahdi-linux and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dahdi-linux
Remove dahdi-linux Configurations and Data
To remove dahdi-linux configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dahdi-linux
Remove dahdi-linux configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dahdi-linux configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dahdi-linux
Dependencies
dahdi-linux have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dahdi-linux package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.