How To Install asterisk-modules on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install asterisk-modules on Ubuntu 18.04. asterisk-modules is loadable modules for the Asterisk PBX

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install asterisk-modules on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is asterisk-modules

asterisk-modules is:

Asterisk is an Open Source PBX and telephony toolkit.

This package includes most of the loadable modules of the Asterisk package. There is normally no need to explicitly install it.

There are three methods to install asterisk-modules 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 asterisk-modules 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-modules using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install asterisk-modules

Install asterisk-modules Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install asterisk-modules

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

sudo aptitude -y install asterisk-modules

How To Uninstall asterisk-modules on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove asterisk-modules

Uninstall asterisk-modules And Its Dependencies

To uninstall asterisk-modules and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove asterisk-modules

Remove asterisk-modules Configurations and Data

To remove asterisk-modules configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge asterisk-modules

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install asterisk-modules package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.