Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install baresip-core on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is baresip-core
baresip-core is:
A modular SIP user-agent
with support for audio and video, and many IETF standards
such as SIP, SDP, RTP/RTCP, STUN, TURN, and ICE.
Supports both IPv4 and IPv6, and the following features.
- Audio codecs: AMR, G.711, G.722, G.726, GSM, L16, MPA, OPUS.
- Video codecs: H.263, H.264, H.265, MPEG4, VP8, VP9.
- Audio drivers: Alsa, GStreamer, JACK, OSS, Portaudio, sndio.
- Video sources: FFmpeg avformat, Video4Linux2, X11 Grabber.
- Video outputs: SDL2, X11, DirectFB.
- NAT Traversal: STUN, TURN, ICE, NATBD, NAT-PMP, PCP.
- Media encryption: SRTP, DTLS-SRTP.
- DNS Service Discovery: Avahi.
- Telemetry messaging: MQTT.
- Control interfaces: JSON-over-TCP.
Some of above features are provided in separate packages
baresip-gtk, baresip-ffmpeg, baresip-gstreamer and baresip-x11.
There are three methods to install baresip-core 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 baresip-core Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install baresip-core using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install baresip-core
Install baresip-core Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install baresip-core using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install baresip-core
Install baresip-core 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 baresip-core using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install baresip-core
How To Uninstall baresip-core on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the baresip-core package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove baresip-core
Uninstall baresip-core And Its Dependencies
To uninstall baresip-core and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove baresip-core
Remove baresip-core Configurations and Data
To remove baresip-core configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge baresip-core
Remove baresip-core configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove baresip-core configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge baresip-core
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install baresip-core package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
