How To Install libosmo-mgcp-client3 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libosmo-mgcp-client3 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libosmo-mgcp-client3 is Osmocoms Media Gateway Control Protocol client utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmo-mgcp-client3 on Debian 10.

What is libosmo-mgcp-client3

libosmo-mgcp-client3 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 the client utilities.

There are three methods to install libosmo-mgcp-client3 on Debian 10. 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-mgcp-client3 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-mgcp-client3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libosmo-mgcp-client3

Install libosmo-mgcp-client3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libosmo-mgcp-client3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libosmo-mgcp-client3

Install libosmo-mgcp-client3 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 libosmo-mgcp-client3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libosmo-mgcp-client3

How To Uninstall libosmo-mgcp-client3 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libosmo-mgcp-client3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libosmo-mgcp-client3

Uninstall libosmo-mgcp-client3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libosmo-mgcp-client3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libosmo-mgcp-client3

Remove libosmo-mgcp-client3 Configurations and Data

To remove libosmo-mgcp-client3 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libosmo-mgcp-client3

Remove libosmo-mgcp-client3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libosmo-mgcp-client3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libosmo-mgcp-client3

Dependencies

libosmo-mgcp-client3 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmo-mgcp-client3 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.