How To Install dahdi-linux on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install dahdi-linux on Kali Linux. dahdi-linux is DAHDI telephony interface - Linux userspace parts

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dahdi-linux on Kali Linux.

What is dahdi-linux

dahdi-linux is:

DAHDI (formerly 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 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 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 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 dahdi-linux using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dahdi-linux

How To Uninstall dahdi-linux on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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 Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.