How To Install vvmd on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vvmd on Debian 12.
What is vvmd
vvmd is:
User daemon that retrieves Visual Voicemail. This package provides a plugin that works with the Modem Manager telephony stack.
Visual voicemail is direct-access voicemail with a visual interface. Such an interface presents a list of messages for playback, as opposed to the sequential listening required using traditional voicemail, and may include a transcript of each message.
There are three methods to install vvmd on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install vvmd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vvmd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vvmd
Install vvmd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vvmd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vvmd
Install vvmd 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 vvmd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vvmd
How To Uninstall vvmd on Debian 12
To uninstall only the vvmd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vvmd
Uninstall vvmd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vvmd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vvmd
Remove vvmd Configurations and Data
To remove vvmd configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vvmd
Remove vvmd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vvmd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vvmd
Dependencies
vvmd have the following dependencies:
- init-system-helpers
- libc6
- libcurl4
- libgcc-s1
- libglib2.0-0
- libmm-glib0
- libphonenumber8-protobuf32
- libstdc++6
- modemmanager
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vvmd package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
