How To Install libsofia-sip-ua-glib-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsofia-sip-ua-glib-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsofia-sip-ua-glib-dev
libsofia-sip-ua-glib-dev is:
Sofia-SIP is an open-source SIP User-Agent library, compliant with the IETF RFC3261 specification. It can be used as a building block for SIP client software for uses such as VoIP, IM, and many other real-time and person-to-person communication services.
This package provides the headers and libraries needed to build applications against the glib/object interfaces of Sofia-SIP library.
There are three methods to install libsofia-sip-ua-glib-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libsofia-sip-ua-glib-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsofia-sip-ua-glib-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsofia-sip-ua-glib-dev
Install libsofia-sip-ua-glib-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsofia-sip-ua-glib-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsofia-sip-ua-glib-dev
Install libsofia-sip-ua-glib-dev 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 libsofia-sip-ua-glib-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsofia-sip-ua-glib-dev
How To Uninstall libsofia-sip-ua-glib-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsofia-sip-ua-glib-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsofia-sip-ua-glib-dev
Uninstall libsofia-sip-ua-glib-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsofia-sip-ua-glib-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsofia-sip-ua-glib-dev
Remove libsofia-sip-ua-glib-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libsofia-sip-ua-glib-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsofia-sip-ua-glib-dev
Remove libsofia-sip-ua-glib-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsofia-sip-ua-glib-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsofia-sip-ua-glib-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsofia-sip-ua-glib-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
