How To Install kamailio-redis-modules on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kamailio-redis-modules on Kali Linux.

What is kamailio-redis-modules

kamailio-redis-modules is:

Kamailio is a very fast and flexible SIP (RFC3261) server. Written entirely in C, Kamailio can handle thousands calls per second even on low-budget hardware.

This package provides the Redis NOSQL database driver for Kamailio.

There are three methods to install kamailio-redis-modules on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install kamailio-redis-modules Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kamailio-redis-modules

Install kamailio-redis-modules Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kamailio-redis-modules using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kamailio-redis-modules

Install kamailio-redis-modules Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install kamailio-redis-modules using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kamailio-redis-modules

How To Uninstall kamailio-redis-modules on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the kamailio-redis-modules package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kamailio-redis-modules

Uninstall kamailio-redis-modules And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kamailio-redis-modules and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kamailio-redis-modules

Remove kamailio-redis-modules Configurations and Data

To remove kamailio-redis-modules configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kamailio-redis-modules

Remove kamailio-redis-modules configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kamailio-redis-modules configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kamailio-redis-modules

Dependencies

kamailio-redis-modules have the following dependencies:

• kamailio
• libc6
• libhiredis0.14

References

• kamailio-redis-modules website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kamailio-redis-modules package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.