How To Install gnome-calls on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-calls on Debian 12.
What is gnome-calls
gnome-calls is:
A GTK+ user interface for PSTN phone calls using ModemManager.
Besides phone calls it also handles USSD.
It works on desktops but also adjusts to small screen sizes like smart phones and other mobile devices.
There are three methods to install gnome-calls on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gnome-calls Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-calls using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-calls
Install gnome-calls Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-calls using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-calls
Install gnome-calls 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 gnome-calls using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-calls
How To Uninstall gnome-calls on Debian 12
To uninstall only the gnome-calls package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-calls
Uninstall gnome-calls And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-calls and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-calls
Remove gnome-calls Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-calls configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-calls
Remove gnome-calls configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-calls configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-calls
Dependencies
gnome-calls have the following dependencies:
- gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad
- gstreamer1.0-plugins-good
- modemmanager
- dconf-gsettings-backend
- libc6
- libcallaudio-0-1
- libebook-contacts-1.2-4
- libfeedback-0.0-0
- libfolks26
- libgee-0.8-2
- libglib2.0-0
- libgom-1.0-0
- libgstreamer1.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libhandy-1-0
- libmm-glib0
- libpeas-1.0-0
- libsecret-1-0
- libsofia-sip-ua-glib3
- libsofia-sip-ua0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-calls package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
