How To Install linphone-nogtk on Debian 10

Learn how to install linphone-nogtk on Debian 10 with this tutorial. linphone-nogtk is SIP softphone - console-only client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install linphone-nogtk on Debian 10.

What is linphone-nogtk

linphone-nogtk 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-nogtk 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 linphone-nogtk 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-nogtk using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install linphone-nogtk

Install linphone-nogtk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install linphone-nogtk

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

sudo aptitude -y install linphone-nogtk

How To Uninstall linphone-nogtk on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove linphone-nogtk

Uninstall linphone-nogtk And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove linphone-nogtk

Remove linphone-nogtk Configurations and Data

To remove linphone-nogtk configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge linphone-nogtk

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

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

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

Dependencies

linphone-nogtk have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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