How To Install libosmo-legacy-mgcp0 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmo-legacy-mgcp0 on Ubuntu 20.04. libosmo-legacy-mgcp0 is Osmocoms Legacy Media Gateway server library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmo-legacy-mgcp0 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libosmo-legacy-mgcp0

libosmo-legacy-mgcp0 is:

OsmoMGW, the Osmocom Media Gateway, is a Media Gateway for handling user plane (voice) traffic in cellular networks.

OsmoMGW is the generalized version of an earlier much more special-purpose implementation called osmo-bsc_mgcp.

This package contains deprecated software, please use libosmo-mgcp instead.

There are three methods to install libosmo-legacy-mgcp0 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libosmo-legacy-mgcp0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libosmo-legacy-mgcp0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libosmo-legacy-mgcp0

Install libosmo-legacy-mgcp0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libosmo-legacy-mgcp0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libosmo-legacy-mgcp0

Install libosmo-legacy-mgcp0 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 libosmo-legacy-mgcp0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libosmo-legacy-mgcp0

How To Uninstall libosmo-legacy-mgcp0 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libosmo-legacy-mgcp0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libosmo-legacy-mgcp0

Uninstall libosmo-legacy-mgcp0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libosmo-legacy-mgcp0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libosmo-legacy-mgcp0

Remove libosmo-legacy-mgcp0 Configurations and Data

To remove libosmo-legacy-mgcp0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libosmo-legacy-mgcp0

Remove libosmo-legacy-mgcp0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libosmo-legacy-mgcp0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libosmo-legacy-mgcp0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmo-legacy-mgcp0 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.