How To Install opensips-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install opensips-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04. opensips-dbg is very fast and configurable SIP server [debug symbols]

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install opensips-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.

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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04

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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install opensips-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.