How To Install libosmo-mgcp-client9 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libosmo-mgcp-client9 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libosmo-mgcp-client9 is Osmocoms Media Gateway Control Protocol client utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmo-mgcp-client9 on Debian 12.

What is libosmo-mgcp-client9

libosmo-mgcp-client9 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-client9 on Debian 12. 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-client9 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-client9 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libosmo-mgcp-client9

Install libosmo-mgcp-client9 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libosmo-mgcp-client9 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libosmo-mgcp-client9

Install libosmo-mgcp-client9 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-client9 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libosmo-mgcp-client9

How To Uninstall libosmo-mgcp-client9 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libosmo-mgcp-client9 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libosmo-mgcp-client9

Uninstall libosmo-mgcp-client9 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libosmo-mgcp-client9 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libosmo-mgcp-client9

Remove libosmo-mgcp-client9 Configurations and Data

To remove libosmo-mgcp-client9 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libosmo-mgcp-client9

Remove libosmo-mgcp-client9 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libosmo-mgcp-client9 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libosmo-mgcp-client9

Dependencies

libosmo-mgcp-client9 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmo-mgcp-client9 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.