How To Install osmo-mgw on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install osmo-mgw on Kali Linux. osmo-mgw is Osmocoms Media Gateway for 2G and 3G circuit-switched mobile networks

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install osmo-mgw on Kali Linux.

What is osmo-mgw

osmo-mgw is:

OsmoMGW, the Osmocom Media Gateway, is a Media Gateway for handling user plane (voice) traffic in cellular networks.

OsmoMGW supports the IETF MGCP (Media Gateway Control Protocol) for control from Call Agents, such as those present in OsmoBSC and OsmoMSC.

At the moment (October 2017), OsmoMGW only implements RTP proxy / RTP bridge type endpoints, to each of which two RTP connections can be established.

OsmoMGW is the generalized version of an earlier much more special-purpose implementation called osmo-bsc_mgcp.

There are three methods to install osmo-mgw 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 osmo-mgw Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install osmo-mgw

Install osmo-mgw Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install osmo-mgw

Install osmo-mgw 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 osmo-mgw using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install osmo-mgw

How To Uninstall osmo-mgw on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the osmo-mgw package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove osmo-mgw

Uninstall osmo-mgw And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove osmo-mgw

Remove osmo-mgw Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge osmo-mgw

Remove osmo-mgw configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge osmo-mgw

Dependencies

osmo-mgw have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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