How To Install linphone-cli on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install linphone-cli on Kali Linux. linphone-cli is SIP softphone - console-only client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install linphone-cli on Kali Linux.

What is linphone-cli

linphone-cli is:

Linphone is an audio and video internet phone using the SIP protocol. It has a GTK+ and console interface, includes a large variety of audio and video codecs, and provides IM features.

This package contains the console version of linphone.

There are three methods to install linphone-cli 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 linphone-cli Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install linphone-cli using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install linphone-cli

Install linphone-cli Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install linphone-cli using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install linphone-cli

Install linphone-cli 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 linphone-cli using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install linphone-cli

How To Uninstall linphone-cli on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the linphone-cli package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove linphone-cli

Uninstall linphone-cli And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove linphone-cli

Remove linphone-cli Configurations and Data

To remove linphone-cli configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge linphone-cli

Remove linphone-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove linphone-cli configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linphone-cli

Dependencies

linphone-cli have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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