How To Install ekiga on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install ekiga on Debian 9. ekiga is H.323 and SIP compatible VoIP client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ekiga on Debian 9.

What is ekiga

ekiga is:

H.323 and SIP compatible videoconferencing and VoIP/IP-Telephony application that allows you to make audio and video calls to remote users with H.323 hardware or software (such as Microsoft Netmeeting) as well as SIP endpoints.

It supports all modern videoconferencing features, such as contact roster, presence status, high-quality audio and video codecs, various video resolutions, registering to an LDAP directory, gatekeeper support, making multi-user conference calls using an external MCU, using modern Quicknet telephony cards, and making PC-To-Phone calls.

Evolution plugin is in ekiga-plugin-evolution package.

There are three methods to install ekiga 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 ekiga Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ekiga using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ekiga

Install ekiga Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ekiga using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ekiga

Install ekiga 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 ekiga using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ekiga

How To Uninstall ekiga on Debian 9

To uninstall only the ekiga package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ekiga

Uninstall ekiga And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ekiga and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ekiga

Remove ekiga Configurations and Data

To remove ekiga configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ekiga

Remove ekiga configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ekiga configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ekiga

Dependencies

ekiga have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ekiga package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.