How To Install dahdi on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install dahdi on Kali Linux. dahdi is utilities for using the DAHDI kernel modules

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dahdi on Kali Linux.

What is dahdi

dahdi is:

DAHDI (formly Zaptel) is an interface for telephony devices used by e.g. the Asterisk PBX software. The dahdi-* packages provide the kernel DAHDI kernel modules and their required setup environment.

This package includes userspace utilities required to configure DAHDI modules.

There are three methods to install dahdi 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 dahdi Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dahdi

Install dahdi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install dahdi using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install dahdi

Install dahdi 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 dahdi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dahdi

How To Uninstall dahdi on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the dahdi package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dahdi

Uninstall dahdi And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dahdi

Remove dahdi Configurations and Data

To remove dahdi configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dahdi

Remove dahdi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dahdi

Dependencies

dahdi have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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