How To Install asterisk-vpb on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install asterisk-vpb on Ubuntu 18.04. asterisk-vpb is VoiceTronix devices support for the Asterisk PBX

Introduction

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

What is asterisk-vpb

asterisk-vpb is:

Asterisk is an Open Source PBX and telephony toolkit.

This package includes the VoiceTronix channel driver (chan_vpb.so). It will not be useful without kernel-level VoiceTronix support.

For more information about the Asterisk PBX, have a look at the Asterisk package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install asterisk-vpb

Install asterisk-vpb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install asterisk-vpb

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

sudo aptitude -y install asterisk-vpb

How To Uninstall asterisk-vpb on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove asterisk-vpb

Uninstall asterisk-vpb And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove asterisk-vpb

Remove asterisk-vpb Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge asterisk-vpb

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

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

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

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Summary

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