How To Install kamcli on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install kamcli on Kali Linux. kamcli is Kamailio Command Line Interface Control Tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kamcli on Kali Linux.

What is kamcli

kamcli is:

kamcli is aiming at being a modern and extensible alternative to the shell script kamctl.

It requires that jsonrpcs module of Kamailio is loaded and configured to listen on an Unix domain socket or FIFO file. The way to interact with Kamailio has to be set inside kamcli config file (kamcli.ini).

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kamcli

Install kamcli Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kamcli

Install kamcli 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 kamcli using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kamcli

How To Uninstall kamcli on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove kamcli

Uninstall kamcli And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kamcli

Remove kamcli Configurations and Data

To remove kamcli configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kamcli

Remove kamcli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kamcli

Dependencies

kamcli have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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