How To Install asterisk-dahdi on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install asterisk-dahdi on Ubuntu.
What is asterisk-dahdi
asterisk-dahdi is:
Asterisk is an Open Source PBX and telephony toolkit.
This package includes the DAHDI channel driver (chan_dahdi.so) and a number of other Asterisk modules that require DAHDI support. They will not be useful without kernel-level DAHDI support.
For more information about the Asterisk PBX, have a look at the Asterisk package.
There are three methods to install asterisk-dahdi on Ubuntu. 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-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 asterisk-dahdi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install asterisk-dahdi
Install asterisk-dahdi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install asterisk-dahdi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install asterisk-dahdi
Install asterisk-dahdi 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-dahdi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install asterisk-dahdi
How To Uninstall asterisk-dahdi on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the asterisk-dahdi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove asterisk-dahdi
Uninstall asterisk-dahdi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall asterisk-dahdi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove asterisk-dahdi
Remove asterisk-dahdi Configurations and Data
To remove asterisk-dahdi configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge asterisk-dahdi
Remove asterisk-dahdi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove asterisk-dahdi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge asterisk-dahdi
Dependencies
asterisk-dahdi have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install asterisk-dahdi package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.