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