How To Install libosmo-mgcp-client6 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmo-mgcp-client6 on Kali Linux. libosmo-mgcp-client6 is Osmocoms Media Gateway Control Protocol client utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmo-mgcp-client6 on Kali Linux.

What is libosmo-mgcp-client6

libosmo-mgcp-client6 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-client6 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 libosmo-mgcp-client6 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-client6 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libosmo-mgcp-client6

Install libosmo-mgcp-client6 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libosmo-mgcp-client6 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libosmo-mgcp-client6

Install libosmo-mgcp-client6 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 libosmo-mgcp-client6 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libosmo-mgcp-client6

How To Uninstall libosmo-mgcp-client6 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libosmo-mgcp-client6 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libosmo-mgcp-client6

Uninstall libosmo-mgcp-client6 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libosmo-mgcp-client6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libosmo-mgcp-client6

Remove libosmo-mgcp-client6 Configurations and Data

To remove libosmo-mgcp-client6 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libosmo-mgcp-client6

Remove libosmo-mgcp-client6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libosmo-mgcp-client6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libosmo-mgcp-client6

Dependencies

libosmo-mgcp-client6 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmo-mgcp-client6 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.