How To Install twinkle-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install twinkle-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is twinkle-common
twinkle-common is:
Twinkle is a soft-phone for making telephone calls over an IP network using the SIP protocol. You can use it for direct IP phone to IP phone communication or in a network using a SIP proxy to route your calls. Notable features include multiple active identities, call transfer, call rejection, 2 simultaneous calls and 3-way conference calls.
This package contains common files for both interfaces.
There are three methods to install twinkle-common 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 twinkle-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install twinkle-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install twinkle-common
Install twinkle-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install twinkle-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install twinkle-common
Install twinkle-common 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 twinkle-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install twinkle-common
How To Uninstall twinkle-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the twinkle-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove twinkle-common
Uninstall twinkle-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall twinkle-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove twinkle-common
Remove twinkle-common Configurations and Data
To remove twinkle-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge twinkle-common
Remove twinkle-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove twinkle-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge twinkle-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install twinkle-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
