How To Install opensips-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install opensips-dbg on Debian 9. opensips-dbg is very fast and configurable SIP server [debug symbols]

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install opensips-dbg on Debian 9.

What is opensips-dbg

opensips-dbg is:

OpenSIPS is a very fast and flexible SIP (RFC3261) server. Written entirely in C, OpenSIPS can handle thousands calls per second even on low-budget hardware.

This package contains the debugging symbols for the OpenSIPS binaries and modules. You only need to install it if you need to debug OpenSIPS.

There are three methods to install opensips-dbg on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install opensips-dbg Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install opensips-dbg

Install opensips-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install opensips-dbg

Install opensips-dbg 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 opensips-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install opensips-dbg

How To Uninstall opensips-dbg on Debian 9

To uninstall only the opensips-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove opensips-dbg

Uninstall opensips-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall opensips-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove opensips-dbg

Remove opensips-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove opensips-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge opensips-dbg

Remove opensips-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge opensips-dbg

Dependencies

opensips-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install opensips-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.