How To Install asterisk-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install asterisk-dev on Kali Linux. asterisk-dev is Development files for Asterisk

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install asterisk-dev on Kali Linux.

What is asterisk-dev

asterisk-dev is:

Asterisk is an Open Source PBX and telephony toolkit.

This package contains the include files used if you wish to compile a package which requires Asterisk’s source file headers.

There are three methods to install asterisk-dev 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 asterisk-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install asterisk-dev

Install asterisk-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install asterisk-dev

Install asterisk-dev 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 asterisk-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install asterisk-dev

How To Uninstall asterisk-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the asterisk-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove asterisk-dev

Uninstall asterisk-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove asterisk-dev

Remove asterisk-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge asterisk-dev

Remove asterisk-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge asterisk-dev

Dependencies

asterisk-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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