How To Install python-asterisk on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-asterisk on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-asterisk
python-asterisk is:
The Python Asterisk package (codenamed py-Asterisk) is an attempt to produce high quality, well documented Python bindings for the Asterisk Manager API.
The eventual goal of the package is to allow rich specification of the Asterisk configuration in Python rather than in the quirky, unstructured, undocumented mess called the Asterisk configuration files.
Working Functionality
Python package implementing a manager client and event dispatcher User-oriented command line interface to manager API
Work In Progress
Introductary documentation for developers Asterisk module allowing dialplan configuration via the manager API Objects to represent the standard applications
There are three methods to install python-asterisk 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 python-asterisk Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-asterisk using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-asterisk
Install python-asterisk Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-asterisk using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-asterisk
Install python-asterisk 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 python-asterisk using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-asterisk
How To Uninstall python-asterisk on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-asterisk package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-asterisk
Uninstall python-asterisk And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-asterisk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-asterisk
Remove python-asterisk Configurations and Data
To remove python-asterisk configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-asterisk
Remove python-asterisk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-asterisk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-asterisk
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-asterisk package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
