How To Install ekiga on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ekiga on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ekiga
Remove ekiga Configurations and Data
To remove ekiga configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ekiga package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
