How To Install asterisk-core-sounds-en on Ubuntu 20.04

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In this tutorial we learn how to install asterisk-core-sounds-en on Ubuntu 20.04. asterisk-core-sounds-en is asterisk PBX sound files – US English

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install asterisk-core-sounds-en on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is asterisk-core-sounds-en

asterisk-core-sounds-en is:

Asterisk is an Open Source PBX and telephony toolkit. It is, in a
sense, middleware between Internet and telephony channels on the
bottom, and Internet and telephony applications at the top.

Asterisk includes a set of standard sound files in various formats.
The core part of that collection in US English, by voice actress
Allison Smith, is contained in various encodings in packages
asterisk-core-sounds-en-*; this package registers these through the
alternatives system to provide the default “en” (English) and “en_US”
(USA English) sounds.

There are three methods to install asterisk-core-sounds-en on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-core-sounds-en 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-core-sounds-en using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install asterisk-core-sounds-en

Install asterisk-core-sounds-en Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install asterisk-core-sounds-en

Install asterisk-core-sounds-en 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-core-sounds-en using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install asterisk-core-sounds-en

How To Uninstall asterisk-core-sounds-en on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the asterisk-core-sounds-en package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove asterisk-core-sounds-en

Uninstall asterisk-core-sounds-en And Its Dependencies

To uninstall asterisk-core-sounds-en and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove asterisk-core-sounds-en

Remove asterisk-core-sounds-en Configurations and Data

To remove asterisk-core-sounds-en configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge asterisk-core-sounds-en

Remove asterisk-core-sounds-en configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge asterisk-core-sounds-en

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install asterisk-core-sounds-en package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.

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