How To Install isdnvboxserver on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install isdnvboxserver on Debian 9. isdnvboxserver is ISDN utilities - answering machine server

Introduction

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

What is isdnvboxserver

isdnvboxserver is:

Let your Debian system be your answering machine! Messages can be accessed remotely, automatically emailed, etc.

This package provides the vbox server, which must be installed on the system with the ISDN card. To actually listen to the recorded messages you need the client package (isdnvboxclient) somewhere, not necessarily on the same system.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install isdnvboxserver

Install isdnvboxserver Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install isdnvboxserver

Install isdnvboxserver 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 isdnvboxserver using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install isdnvboxserver

How To Uninstall isdnvboxserver on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove isdnvboxserver

Uninstall isdnvboxserver And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove isdnvboxserver

Remove isdnvboxserver Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge isdnvboxserver

Remove isdnvboxserver configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge isdnvboxserver

Dependencies

isdnvboxserver have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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